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A three-time Grey Cup winner in Green and Gold is the new president and chief executive officer of the Edmonton Elks.
Chris Morris, who won three Canadian Football League championships with Edmonton as an offensive lineman in the 1990s and 2000s, returns to the team after working the last 12 years as the head coach of the University of Alberta Golden Bears football team.
The Scarborough, Ont., native played all 14 of his CFL seasons with Edmonton, winning the Grey Cup in 1993, 2003 and 2005. The member of the team’s wall of honour retired following his last championship.
Morris taught school full-time starting in 1997 while playing, eventually becoming principal of Spruce Avenue Junior High School in 2009.
“This is a dream opportunity for me,” Morris, named Canadian university sports coach of the year …
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