The general manager who led the Edmonton Elks to its most recent Grey Cup victory is returning to helm the Canadian Football League team’s football operations.
The Elks named Ed Hervey their new vice-president of football operations and general manager on Tuesday afternoon.
TSN’s Farhan Lalji two hours earlier on social media had confirmed Hervey would return to Edmonton, where he had been GM from 2013-16, a stint which included the team’s most-recent Grey Cup victory in 2015.
The 51-year-old was GM of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats this past season.
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 2024 season, in which the Elks finished fourth in the CFL’s West Division with …