Edmonton Elks unveil coaching staff for 2025 season – Edmonton [Video]

The Edmonton Elks have announced their coaching staff for the 2025 CFL season and the list features a number of returning faces.

They’ll join new head coach Mark Kilam, a University of Alberta graduate returning to Edmonton after spending two decades in Calgary with the Stampeders. The team announced his hiring towards the end of 2024.

J.C. Sherritt

J.C. Sherritt returns as the Elks defensive coordinator after playing for the green and gold for eight seasons from 2011 to 2018, when he recorded 528 career defensive tackles and 14 interceptions.

He won a Grey Cup championship in 2015.

After Sherritt’s playing career, he served as the running backs coach for the Calgary Stampeders in 2019.

From 2020 to 2024, Sherritt left Canada to coach at Cal Poly as their linebacker, co-special teams coordinator, and defensive coordinator. He returned to CFL in 2024 to coach linebackers for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

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