Brent Monson

Brent Monson (born July 18, 1985) is a Canadian football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Amateur career
At the start of his coaching career, Monson assisted with amateur teams, serving as the strength and conditioning coach, special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach for the Steel City Ironmen of the Ontario Varsity Football League for two seasons. He also served four seasons for Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary School in Hamilton as defensive backs, special teams and strength and conditioning coach.

Calgary Stampeders
In 2009, Monson moved to the professional ranks when he became an assistant in the video department for the Calgary Stampeders. The following year, he gained his first professional coaching opportunity when he was promoted to the team's defensive quality control coach assisting with the linebackers, as well as the strength and conditioning coach. Monson transitioned to coaching Calgary's defensive line coach while continuing as strength and conditioning coach in 2011. He remained as strength and conditioning coach, but moved to the offensive side of the ball in 2012 when he became running backs coach, roles he continued to hold for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. In 2015, he moved back to coaching on the defensive side of the ball when he became Calgary's linebackers coach. This was a position he continued to hold for the 2016, 2017, and 2018 seasons. Monson was a member of Calgary's coaching staffs when the team won the 2014 and 2018 Grey Cups.

Following the 2018 Grey Cup win, DeVone Claybrooks, who had been Calgary's defensive coordinator, was hired by the BC Lions to be their head coach for the 2019 season, leading to a vacancy at defensive coordinator for Calgary. On December 14, 2018, Monson was promoted to Calgary's defensive coordinator for the 2019 season. Monson has retained the defensive coordinator position for Calgary in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, while once again holding the linebackers coach position for the 2021 season.