{"id":768046,"date":"2026-06-29T03:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T03:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/768046\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T03:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T03:31:16","slug":"struggling-lions-sack-special-teams-coordinator-mcdiarmid-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/768046\/","title":{"rendered":"Struggling Lions sack special teams coordinator McDiarmid \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VANCOUVER \u2013 The winless B.C. Lions have sacked special teams coordinator Cory McDiarmid.<\/p>\n<p>The CFL club, last in the West Division with three straight losses, made the announcement Sunday, less than 24 hours after dropping a 41-33 decision to the Calgary Stampeders (1-2) at Kelowna\u2019s Apple Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Lions\u2019 general manager Ryan Rigmaiden said in a statement that McDiarmid\u2019s release was effective immediately and thanked him for his hard work.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a41cb980c533a4424ab883cjpeg.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"4000\" data-pswp-height=\"2666\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a41cb980c533a4424ab883cjpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Calgary Stampeders' Erik Brooks (87) catches a B.C. Lions onside kick in front of Lions' Zander Horvath (34) during second half CFL football action in Kelowna, B.C., on Saturday, June 27, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Steve Dunsmoor\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCalgary Stampeders&#8217; Erik Brooks (87) catches a B.C. Lions onside kick in front of Lions&#8217; Zander Horvath (34) during second half CFL football action in Kelowna, B.C., on Saturday, June 27, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Steve Dunsmoor<\/p>\n<p>McDiarmid previously coached in the CFL with several teams and is a two-time Grey Cup winner with the Lions and Saskatchewan Roughriders.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tThe Warm-Up<\/p>\n<p class=\"frequency\">Winnipeg Jets Game Days<\/p>\n<p>On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"email-subscribe-link button the-warmup inline-block-logged-in\">Sign up for The Warm-Up<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/theWarm-up-tile.jpg\" alt=\"Sign up for The Warm-Up\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Lions play the unbeaten Edmonton Elks on Saturday in Kelowna.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 28, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VANCOUVER \u2013 The winless B.C. Lions have sacked special teams coordinator Cory McDiarmid. The CFL club, last in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":768047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-768046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=768046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}