Ed Hervey has helped engineer another turnaround in Edmonton, and the Elks are keeping their general manager around for the “foreseeable future.”<\/p>\n
The CFL club announced Friday it has signed its vice-president of football operations and general manager to a contract extension but did not disclose terms of the deal.<\/p>\n
Hervey, who began his second stint overseeing Edmonton’s football operations in November 2024, has guided the Elks’ rise from the bottom of the West Division to first place with a 13-5 record this season.<\/p>\n
The turnaround comes after Edmonton missed the playoffs for six consecutive seasons. Only 18 players remain from the roster Hervey inherited when he returned to the helm.<\/p>\n
“When Ed Hervey returned to Edmonton, he took on an incredibly challenging assignment,” Elks president and CEO Chris Morris said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“What Ed has accomplished goes well beyond wins and losses. He has helped rebuild the foundation of this football club, creating a culture of accountability, commitment, and shared purpose.”<\/p>\n
The Elks will host their first home playoff game since 2015 when they entertain either the B.C. Lions or Saskatchewan Roughriders in the West Division final next weekend.<\/p>\n
Hervey previously served as Edmonton’s general manager from 2013 to 2016, helping turn a 4-14 team into Grey Cup champions in 2015. He has an 81-81 career record as a CFL general manager, which also includes stops with the B.C. Lions (2018-19) and Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2024).<\/p>\n
The former CFL all-star receiver spent his entire eight-year playing career with Edmonton before moving into scouting in 2007.<\/p>\n
“Our fans deserve a winner, and we will continue to do everything in our power to bring a championship back to Edmonton,” Hervey said.<\/p>\n
The announcement comes two days after the Elks extended head coach Mark Kilam’s contract through the 2029 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ed Hervey has helped engineer another turnaround in Edmonton, and the Elks are keeping their general manager around…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":952202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-952201","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\/952201","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=952201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/952202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}