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The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta, and are members of the West Division in the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Edmonton was founded in 1949, although other teams named the Edmonton Eskimos existed 1895 to 1923 and 1929 to 1939.

The Edmonton Elks are the most successful CFL franchise of the modern era (1949–present), having won the league's Grey Cup fourteen times (As the Eskimos), including an unmatched five consecutive wins between 1978 and 1982, and most recently in 2015.

Key

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Head coaches

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Note: Statistics are current through the end of the 2024 CFL season.

 # Name Term[b]  GC  W  L  T  PTS  Win%  PGC  PW  PL  PWin% Achievements[2][3]
1 Annis Stukus† 1949–1951 42 19 23 0 38 .452 8 4 4 .500
2 Frank Filchock 1952 16 9 6 1 19 .600 6 3 3 .500
3 Darrell Royal 1953 16 12 4 0 24 .750 3 1 2 .333
4 Pop Ivy 1954–1957 64 50 14 0 100 .781 14 10 4 .714 42nd Grey Cup championship
43rd Grey Cup championship
44th Grey Cup championship
5 Sam Lyle 1958 16 9 6 1 18 .600 5 3 2 .600
6 Eagle Keys† 1959–1963 80 38 40 2 78 .487 12 7 5 .583
7 Neill Armstrong 1964–1969 96 37 56 3 77 .398 3 0 3 .000
8 Ray Jauch 1970–1976 112 65 43 4 134 .602 10 5 5 .500 1970 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
63rd Grey Cup championship
9 Hugh Campbell† 1977–1982 96 70 21 5 145 .769 12 11 1 .917 1979 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
66th Grey Cup championship
67th Grey Cup championship
68th Grey Cup championship
69th Grey Cup championship
70th Grey Cup championship
10 Pete Kettela 1983 8 4 4 0 8 .500 – – – –
11 Jackie Parker 1983–1987 78 49 28 1 99 .628 6 2 4 .333
12 Joe Faragalli 1987–1990 70 46 24 0 92 .657 8 5 3 .625 75th Grey Cup championship
13 Ron Lancaster 1991–1997 126 84 42 0 168 .667 13 7 6 .538 1996 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
81st Grey Cup championship
14 Kay Stephenson 1998 18 9 9 0 18 .500 2 1 1 .500
15 Don Matthews† 1999–2000 36 16 20 0 32 .444 2 0 2 .000
16 Tom Higgins 2001–2004 72 44 28 0 88 .529 6 3 3 .500 2003 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
91st Grey Cup championship
17 Danny Maciocia 2005–2008 72 33 38 1 67 .465 5 4 1 .800 93rd Grey Cup championship
18 Richie Hall 2009–2010 36 16 20 0 32 .444 1 0 1 .000
19 Kavis Reed 2011–2013 54 22 32 0 44 .407 3 1 2 .333
20 Chris Jones 2014–2015 36 26 10 0 52 .722 2 1 1 .500 103rd Grey Cup championship
21 Jason Maas 2016–2019 72 39 33 0 78 .542 6 3 3 .500
22 Scott Milanovich 2020 – – – – – – – – – –
23 Jaime Elizondo 2021 14 3 11 0 6 .214 – – – –
– Chris Jones 2022–2024 41 8 33 0 16 .195 – – – –
24 Jarious Jackson 2024–present 13 7 6 0 14 .538 – – – –

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  • a A running total of the number of coaches of the Eskimos/Elks. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
  • b Each year is linked to an article about that particular CFL season.

References

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General

"All-Time Coaches". Edmonton Eskimos. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved July 4, 2011.

Specific
  1. ^ "Hall of Fame Builders".
  2. ^ a b c "Edmonton Eskimos - All-Time Coaches". Archived from the original on 2011-10-15. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
  3. ^ "Coach of the Year". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on July 25, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
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