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MONTREAL — Anthony Calvillo is returning to his adopted home.

The Canadian Football Hall of Fame quarterback accepted a position as assistant head coach of the Montreal Carabins U Sports program under head coach Danny Maciocia on Wednesday.

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Maciocia was a member of the Montreal Alouettes coaching staff when Calvillo began his 16-year run with the team in 1998.

This past year, Calvillo, 46, served as quarterbacks coach for the Toronto Argonauts under former Alouettes head coach Marc Trestman, who was fired following the season. Before that, the Los Angeles native was an assistant coach with the Alouettes following his retirement in 2014.

Calvillo’s wife, Alexia, is from Montreal and the couple has two daughters. Calvillo expressed a desire to be closer to them in explaining his decision to accept a two-year contract.

“I want to be under one roof with my family,” he said at a news conference. “That’s the one thing that was very important to me. I wanted to be back in this community. This is where my roots are and this is my foundation.”