The return of a former general manager to helm the Edmonton Elks’ football operations is a done deal, says a Canadian Football League insider.
TSN’s Farhan Lalji said Tuesday just after noon that Ed Hervey will be named the Elks’ new GM.
Hervey, currently GM of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, held the same post in Edmonton from 2013-16, a stint which included the team’s most-recent Grey Cup victory in 2015.
The Elks fired head coach and GM Chris Jones in July after the team started the 2024 season 0-7, and made Geroy Simon and Jarious Jackson interim GM and head coach, respectively, for the rest of the CFL campaign.
Following the season, in which the Elks finished fourth in the CFL’s West Division with a 7-11 record, the team hired team alumni Chris Morris as its new CEO.
Morris, a former Edmonton offensive lineman who was teammates with Hervey and who most recently coached the University of Alberta Golden Bears for 12 seasons, said at his introductory news conference Oct. 30 he wanted a new GM in place by Nov. 24.
The 51-year-old Hervey, who lined up as a star receiver for the Green and Gold for eight seasons from 1999 to 2006, worked as GM of the B.C. Lions from 2017-2020 before joining the Ticats, with whom he served as GM this past season.