EDMONTON – Mike Benevides is back coaching in the CFL.
The three-time Grey Cup champion was named the defensive co-ordinator and assistant head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos on Thursday as part of first-year head coach Jason Maas’ staff.
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Benevides has spent 15 years coaching in the CFL, including three as the B.C. Lions head coach (2012-14).
Benevides began his CFL career as a defensive assistant with the Calgary Stampeders in 2000 before joining the Lions as their special-teams co-ordinator and linebackers coach. He became B.C.’s defensive co-ordinator in 2011 while continuing to coach the club’s linebackers.
Benevides spent last season as a football analyst with TSN.
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