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.
Number of coaches | |
† | Elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in the builders category[1] |
Achievements | Achievements during their Edmonton head coaching tenure |
GC | Games coached | T | Ties = 1 point | |
W | Wins = 2 points | PTS | Points | |
L | Losses = 0 points | Win% | Winning percentage |
PGC | Games coached |
PW | Wins |
PL | Losses |
PWin% | Winning percentage |
Note: Statistics are current through the end of the 2023 CFL season.
# | width=100 | Name | Term | GC | W | L | T | PTS | Win% | PGC | PW | PL | PWin% | width=210 class=unsortable | Achievements[3] |
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1 | align=left style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | † | 1949–1951 | 42 | 19 | 23 | 0 | 38 | .452 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .500 | ||
2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 19 | .600 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | |||||
3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 24 | .750 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | |||||
4 | – | 64 | 50 | 14 | 0 | 100 | .781 | 14 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 42nd Grey Cup championship 43rd Grey Cup championship 44th Grey Cup championship | |||
5 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 18 | .600 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | |||||
6 | align=left style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | † | – | 80 | 38 | 40 | 2 | 78 | .487 | 12 | 7 | 5 | .583 | ||
7 | – | 96 | 37 | 56 | 3 | 77 | .398 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | ||||
8 | – | 112 | 65 | 43 | 4 | 134 | .602 | 10 | 5 | 5 | .500 | Annis Stukus Trophy winner 63rd Grey Cup championship | |||
9 | align=left style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | † | – | 96 | 70 | 21 | 5 | 145 | .769 | 12 | 11 | 1 | .917 | 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 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | .500 | – | – | – | – | |||||
11 | – | 78 | 49 | 28 | 1 | 99 | .628 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | ||||
12 | – | 70 | 46 | 24 | 0 | 92 | .657 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 75th Grey Cup championship | |||
13 | – | 126 | 84 | 42 | 0 | 168 | .667 | 13 | 7 | 6 | .538 | Annis Stukus Trophy winner 81st Grey Cup championship | |||
14 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | |||||
15 | align=left style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | † | – | 36 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 32 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | ||
16 | – | 72 | 44 | 28 | 0 | 88 | .529 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | Annis Stukus Trophy winner 91st Grey Cup championship | |||
17 | – | 72 | 33 | 38 | 1 | 67 | .465 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 93rd Grey Cup championship | |||
18 | – | 36 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 32 | .444 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | ||||
19 | – | 54 | 22 | 32 | 0 | 44 | .407 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | ||||
20 | – | 36 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 52 | .722 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 103rd Grey Cup championship | |||
21 | – | 72 | 39 | 33 | 0 | 78 | .542 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | ||||
22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
23 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | .214 | – | – | – | – | |||||
– | 41 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 16 | .195 | – | – | – | – | |||||
24 | –present | – | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – | – | – | ||||