Michael Copeland is a Canadian business, sports executive and former president and

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of the

Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), based in Toronto, Ontario ...

. From 2013 to 2015 he was the president and

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of the

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Biography

University and business

In 1993, he graduated from the

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by resident ...

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. In 1999, he went on to get an

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from the university's

Ivey Business School Ivey Business School is a constituent unit of the University of Western Ontario, located in London, Ontario, Canada. Ivey offers full-time undergraduate (HBA), MBA, MSc, MFE and PhD programs and also maintains two teaching facilities in Toronto ...

. He went on to work in a variety of law and consulting companies such as practicing corporate and commercial law with Blake, Cassels & Graydon in Toronto and Harrison, Elwood in London, Ontario, as well as becoming a Senior Consultant at

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in Sydney Australia, and then going on to work for three years with the

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. After working with Boston Consulting, he went into business development and marketing at the

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Canadian Football League

In January 2006, he became the

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of the

. In February 2013, he became President and COO of the league. In May 2015, the Toronto Argonauts were bought by Kilmer Sports and

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from

David Braley David Osborn Braley (31 May 1941 – 26 October 2020) was a Canadian businessman and politician who was the owner of the BC Lions and previously owner of the Toronto Argonauts and Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada in ...

. On 13 July 2015, it was announced that Copeland would become president and

of the Argonauts at the beginning of 2016. He replaced

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who had served in that role since 2012. In 2018, Copeland was replaced as president by new owners

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with

Bill Manning Bill Manning is a sports executive currently employed by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment; serving as president of Toronto FC in Major League Soccer and the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. He has also worked in the front offic ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Copeland, Michael Living people University of Western Ontario alumni Toronto Argonauts team presidents Canadian Football League executives Chief operating officers Year of birth missing (living people)

Biography

University and business

Canadian Football League

See also

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