2019 BC Lions season

2019 BC Lions season
General managerEd Hervey
Head coachDeVone Claybrooks
Home fieldBC Place
Results
Record5–13
Division place5th, West
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Team MOPBryan Burnham
Team MOCLemar Durant
Team MORJevon Cottoy
Uniform

The 2019 BC Lions season was the 62nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 66th overall. The Lions were eliminated from post-season contention following a week 18 loss to the Edmonton Eskimos on October 12, 2019.[1]

The Lions played without Wally Buono as head coach or general manager for the first time since the 2002 season following his final appearance last year.[2] Buono was replaced as head coach by DeVone Claybrooks, who entered his first season as a head coach and is the 26th head coach in franchise history.[3] Current general manager, Ed Hervey, who was in his second season in that role.

The Lions held their training camp at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops, British Columbia for the tenth straight year.[4]

Claybrooks was fired as head coach after one season on November 6, 2019.

  1. ^ "BC Lions vs Edmonton Eskimos". cfl.ca. October 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "BC Lions appoint Ed Hervey GM; Buono to coach final season in 2018". November 30, 2017.
  3. ^ "Lions name DeVone Claybrooks head coach". cfl.ca. December 11, 2018.
  4. ^ "Lions To Hold Training Camp In Kamloops Through 2020". bclions.ca. July 26, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2019.