Edmonton Elks hire Ed Hervey for 2nd stint as CFL team’s GM

A acquainted look is returning to the enforcement offices astatine Commonwealth Stadium arsenic the Edmonton Elks announced Tuesday it has hired Ed Hervey to beryllium the shot club’s caller wide manager.

The hiring volition spot Hervey, 51, service arsenic Edmonton’s GM for the 2nd time; the California autochthonal archetypal served arsenic the CFL club’s GM from 2013 to 2017 earlier helium was fto spell by the team.

In 2015, Edmonton won a Grey Cup title with Hervey astatine the helm.

“Ed embodies the halfway values that I’m looking for successful Edmonton,” Elks president and CEO Chris Morris said successful a quality release. “He’s a antheral with a tremendous magnitude of integrity, who believes successful consistency and continuity.

“He brings a wealthiness of acquisition moving arsenic a wide manager successful this league, but besides understands the value of innovating arsenic we strive to beryllium Grey Cup champions.”

The hiring of Hervey is portion of a seachange wrong the Elks’ enactment aft the squad missed the CFL playoffs again this twelvemonth — the Elks person not made the post-season since 2019. Morris himself has lone been connected the occupation since precocious past period erstwhile helium was archetypal hired.

“I’m excited astir the accidental to enactment with Chris, a erstwhile teammate and idiosyncratic who I respect and respect tremendously,” Hervey said. “I can’t inquire for a amended accidental to travel backmost to. Above everything else, Edmonton is home.

The Elks announced Tuesday that Hervey volition besides service arsenic the club’s vice-president of shot operations.

Since leaving Edmonton successful 2017, Hervey spent 2 seasons moving arsenic GM for the B.C. Lions earlier aboriginal joining the Hamilton Tiger-Cats arsenic an adjunct wide manager successful 2021. Last year, helium was promoted to beryllium that club’s GM.

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The Elks person scheduled a quality league to speech astir the hiring for precocious Wednesday greeting astatine Commonwealth Stadium.

As a player, Hervey was wide receiver who was named a CFL All-Star successful 2001 and 2003. He finished his CFL playing vocation with 6,715 yards receiving connected 476 receptions.

Hervey won Grey Cup championships erstwhile Morris and helium were teammates successful 2003 and 2005.

Hervey replaces Geroy Simon, who had served arsenic interim GM for the Elks this season. Simon was asked to instrumentality implicit that relation erstwhile the nine fired GM and caput manager Chris Jones aft the squad got disconnected to an 0-5 start.

Jarious Jackson took implicit arsenic interim caput manager and the squad enactment unneurotic a 7-6 grounds aft the change.

Hervey volition present request to determine who should service arsenic the Elks’ caput manager going forward.

In August, Larry Thompson became the club’s archetypal backstage owner. Prior to that, the franchise had been community-owned since its founding successful 1949.