Mark McLoughlin first joined the Rams as a special teams assistant coach during the 2018 and 2019 seasons, and returned to the staff as the team's kicking coach in 2022.
McLoughlin enjoyed a 17-season career in the CFL, most of which was spent with the Calgary Stampeders from 1988 to 2003. He was a three-time league all-star with Calgary, won Grey Cups with the Stampeders in 1992, 1998, and 2001, and remains the third all-time leading scorer in CFL history with 2996 career points.
His credentials also include receiving the Tom Pate Memorial Award in both 1995 and 1997, an annual honour given to a player with outstanding sportsmanship who has also made significant contributions to his team, his community, and the CFL Players' Association. Prior to his lengthy CFL career, McLoughlin was an all-conference kicker at the University of South Dakota, which inducted him to its Henry Heider Coyote Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.
McLoughlin and his family moved to Regina in 2018 after he was appointed the Government of Saskatchewan's deputy minister of advanced education. Prior to accepting that post, he had served as the executive director of development and advancement at Olds College in Olds, Alta.
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