Alouettes expected to name new head coach Wednesday morning

 The Montreal Alouettes have scheduled a news conference for Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Marriott-Château-Champlain Hotel, where it is expected general manager Kavis Reed will name a new head coach.
Head coach Jacques Chapdelaine and defensive coordinator Noel Thorpe were fired in September with the team at 3-8. Reed took over as head coach and Montreal lost its final seven games, missing the playoffs a third straight season. Thorpe was hired by the Ottawa Redblacks as their defensive