Brock Sunderland

Brock Sunderland (born November 11, 1979) is the Senior Director of Player Personnel for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He attended the University of Montana, where he was a kick returner and receiver on the Montana Grizzlies football team.

Brock Sunderland

Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Date of birth	(1979-11-11) November 11, 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Great Falls, Montana
Career information
Position(s)	Senior Director of Player Personnel
US college	Montana
Career history
As administrator
2004–2005	Montreal Alouettes (Regional Scout/Advance Scout)
2005–2007	Montreal Alouettes (Director of Scouting)
2007–2012	New York Jets (Pro Scout)
2013–2016	Ottawa Redblacks (Assistant General Manager)
2017–2021	Edmonton Eskimos / Elks (General Manager)
2025–present	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Senior Director of Player Personnel)

Management career

Sunderland started his professional football management career as a regional scout for the Montreal Alouettes in 2004, working his way up to Director of Scouting under Jim Popp. He then served as a college and pro scout with the New York Jets from 2007 to 2012.^[1] He was then hired by the Ottawa Redblacks in 2013 and was the Assistant General Manager when the team won the Grey Cup in 2016.

Sunderland was hired as the general manager of the Edmonton Eskimos (Now the Edmonton Elks) in 2017 and served in that capacity until 2021.^[2] On January 10, 2025, it was announced that he had joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as a senior director of player personnel.^[3]

CFL GM record

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Result
EDM	2017	12	6	0	.667	3rd in West Division	1	1	Lost in West Final
EDM	2018	9	9	0	.500	5th in West Division	-	-	Did not qualify
EDM	2019	8	10	0	.444	4th in West Division	1	1	Lost in East Final
EDM	2021	3	11	0	.214	5th in West Division	-	-	Did not qualify
Total		32	36	0	.471	0 West Division Championships	2	2	0 Grey Cups

References

1. Baines, Tim (May 29, 2013). "Former New York Jets scout Brock Sunderland named assistant GM of CFL's Ottawa RedBlacks". Ottawa Sun.
2. "Elks announce sweeping organizational changes". Canadian Football League. November 22, 2021.
3. "Blue Bombers add trio to scouting staff". Winnipeg Blue Bombers. January 10, 2025.