By Stampeders.com staff

John Hufnagel is coming back.

The Stampeders head coach and general manager since 2008, Hufnagel made the official announcement on Wednesday.

“In order to put an end all the speculation and all the questions, I would like to clarify the matter once and for all by announcing that I will be returning for one more season on the sideline with the Stampeders,” said Hufnagel. “In 2016, I will concentrate on the general manager’s duties and turn the head coach job over to Dave Dickenson, who has contributed greatly to our team’s success as offensive coordinator and has all the tools to be an excellent head coach in this league.”

Coach Huff will add to an already impressive coaching resume that includes the best winning percentage in CFL history — .702 — among coaches with at least 100 games.

This past season, he joined a select club by winning 15 regular-season games and a Grey Cup title. Don Matthews and Marc Trestman are the only other coaches to accomplish that feat.

By winning a second Grey Cup last week, Huff joined a group of coaches with multiple CFL championships that includes legends such as Matthews, Wally Buono, Ron Lancaster, Hugh Campbell, Marv Levy, Bud Grant and Frank Clair.

Hufnagel has a career regular-season record of 88-37-1 including a remarkable a 38-9 mark (an .809 winning percentage) since Aug. 25, 2012.

Perhaps Hufnagel’s greatest trait as a head coach is his ability to lead his team through adversity — for example, the injuries that kept a number of all-stars including 2013 Most Outstanding Player award winner Jon Cornish out for significant portions of the 2014 season.

In seven seasons with Huff at the controls, the Stamps have lost back-to-back games only six times and have never lost as many as three in a row. By comparison, Calgary has 16 winning streaks of at least three games and 13 runs of at least four victories.

Hufnagel and Tom Higgins are the only coaches in CFL history to have coached at least seven seasons without ever missing the playoffs.