{"id":768539,"date":"2026-06-29T09:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T09:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/768539\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T09:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T09:27:08","slug":"bc-lions-make-coaching-change-dismissing-cory-mcdiarmid-after-0-3-start-to-cfl-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/768539\/","title":{"rendered":"BC Lions make coaching change, dismissing Cory McDiarmid after 0-3 start to CFL season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1407495_4642378_WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-29-at-12_43_03-PM_updates.jpeg\" alt=\"BC Lions make coaching change, dismissing Cory McDiarmid after 0-3 start to CFL season\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BC Lions make coaching change, dismissing Cory McDiarmid after 0-3 start to CFL season<\/p>\n<p>The BC Lions have dismissed special teams co-ordinator Cory McDiarmid after the club&#8217;s winless start to the Canadian Football League season.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was announced on Sunday, less than 24 hours after the Lions suffered a 41-33 defeat to the Calgary Stampeders at Kelowna&#8217;s Apple Bowl. <\/p>\n<p>The result left British Columbia at the bottom of the CFL West Division with three consecutive losses.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Lions general manager Ryan Rigmaiden confirmed McDiarmid&#8217;s departure with immediate effect and thanked him for his contribution to the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>According to the team, McDiarmid is a highly experienced CFL coach who previously worked with several franchises and won two Grey Cups during his coaching career with the BC Lions and the Saskatchewan Roughriders.<\/p>\n<p>The coaching change comes as the Lions attempt to revive their campaign after a disappointing opening to the season. <\/p>\n<p>The Lions now turn their attention to a difficult challenge against the unbeaten Edmonton Elks, who visit Kelowna on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BC Lions make coaching change, dismissing Cory McDiarmid after 0-3 start to CFL season The BC Lions have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":768540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-768539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768539","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=768539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}