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Edmonton finalizes coaching staff for 2021 Share
EDMONTON The Edmonton Football Team has officially finalized their 2021 coaching staff, the team announced on Wednesday.
Leading the staff is first year CFL head coach Jaime Elizondo. Along with his head coaching duties, Elizondo will also serve as the team’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The full 2021 staff consists of:
Jaime Elizondo – head coach / offensive coordinator / quarterbacks coach
Noel Thorpe – assistant head coach / defensive coordinator / defensive backs coach
AJ Gass – special teams coach / linebackers coach
Winston October – passing game coordinator / wide receivers coach
Demetrious Maxie – defensive line coach
John McDonell – offensive line coach
Milanovich, who turned 48 on Monday, is expected to become the quarterback coach with the Indianapolis Colts. That position became vacant after Marcus Brady who served as the Montreal Alouettes receivers coach from 2009-11 when Milanovich was the offensive co-ordinator and assistant head coach on Marc Trestman s staff was promoted to offensive co-ordinator on Monday.
Edmonton GM Brock Sunderland said while the timing of Milanovich s resignation wasn t ideal, it didn t come as a huge surprise. Scott was transparent throughout the process, Sunderland said in a telephone interview. When Marcus Brady was in the mix for a promotion starting last Thursday and Friday, Scott called me and we had some candid discussions about what the potential may be.
Dan Ralph
Toronto Argonauts head coach Scott Milanovich calls the plays on the sideline against Winnipeg Blue Bombers during the first half of CFL action in Winnipeg on August 14, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods January 25, 2021 - 7:16 PM
The CFL team with no name now doesn t have a coach.
Scott Milanovich resigned Monday as the head coach of the Edmonton Football Team to explore NFL opportunities. The move came just over a year after Milanovich stepped down as the quarterback coach with the NFL s Jacksonville Jaguars after three seasons to return to the CFL, where he got his first opportunity to become a pro head coach.