Elks coach Mark Kilam having no trouble getting used to his new green-and-gold colours – Edmonton [Video]

Mark Kilam is having no trouble getting used to his new duds.

Edmonton hired Kilam last month as its head coach. He joined the Elks shortly after being let go as Calgary’s special-teams co-ordinator/assistant head coach following 20 seasons with the Stampeders.

But after two decades of donning red and white, the transition back to green and gold has been seamless for Kilam, who grew up in Lethbridge and played linebacker with the Alberta Golden Bears.

“The first football team I ever played on was green and gold (Lethbridge Collegiate Institute),” Kilam said during a CFL zoom call Monday. “I played for the Bears, we were green and gold.

“I remember it felt strange when I first put on red and white. Getting back into this felt natural for me, it wasn’t like I was in a foreign place.”

Kilam, 45, isn’t the Elks’ only new face.

Owner Larry Thompson bought the franchise last August, becoming its first-ever …