sentences:  Of the three CFL coaches ever to win back-to-back Coach-of-the-Year honors, two did so working under Popp’s guidance (Don Matthews 1994-1995 and Charlie Taaffe 1999-2000).Jim’s hiring also produced the first NFL head coach in 45 years, Marc Trestman, that made a direct crossover from the CFL to the NFL since Bud Grant went to the Minnesota Vikings in 1967.After operating the CFL’s most successful franchise over the last two decades, Popp is recognized as the most successful General Manager in the history of the Canadian Football League.