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Edmonton Elks The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at the Brick Field at Commo ...

are a professional

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team based in

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, and are members of the West Division in the

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(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.

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2023 CFL season The 2023 CFL season was the 69th List of Canadian Football League seasons, season of modern professional Canadian football. Officially, it was the 65th season of the Canadian Football League. Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton hosted the 110th Grey Cup o ...

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Notes

* A running total of the number of coaches of the Eskimos/Elks. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once. * Each year is linked to an article about that particular CFL season.

References

;General ;Specific {{DEFAULTSORT:Edmonton Elks Head Coaches Lists of Canadian Football League head coaches by team Edmonton Elks lists *