LIONS FIRE BRYAN CHIU

VANCOUVER – The BC Lions Football Club today announced that offensive line coach Bryan Chiu has been relieved of his duties.

The club also announced that Kelly Bates has been added to the staff as offensive line coach.

Bates began his career with the Lions as a player in 2001 after being selected by the club in the fourth round of the CFL Draft (32nd overall). The former Vanier Cup champion from the University of Saskatchewan played seven seasons for the Lions including the club’s 2006 Grey Cup title year before moving on to stints with Edmonton and Winnipeg in 2009 and 2010.

He returned to the Lions in 2011 as an offensive assistant and draft coordinator and went on to coach the team’s stable of running backs from 2012 through the 2014 season. In 2015, Bates was named head coach at Simon Fraser University, a post he held through 2017 and he most recently served as quality control coach with the Edmonton Eskimos in 2018.

The next BC Lions home game is Friday, September 13th versus the Ottawa RedBlacks presented by Freshslice Pizza.

(Lions PR/Jamie Cartmell)