Brock Sunderland

{{Short description|American gridiron footballadministrator (born 1979)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{BLP sources|date=January 2014}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|11|11}}

| birth_place = Great Falls, Montana

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| team = Winnipeg Blue Bombers

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| position1 = Senior Director of Player Personnel

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| college = Montana

| administrating_years1 = {{CFL Year|2004}}–{{CFL Year|2005}}

| administrating_team1 = Montreal Alouettes (Regional Scout/Advance Scout)

| administrating_years2 = {{CFL Year|2005}}–{{CFL Year|2007}}

| administrating_team2 = Montreal Alouettes (Director of Scouting)

| administrating_years3 = {{NFL Year|2007}}–{{NFL Year|2012}}

| administrating_team3 = New York Jets (Pro Scout)

| administrating_years4 = {{CFL Year|2013}}–{{CFL Year|2016}}

| administrating_team4 = Ottawa Redblacks (Assistant General Manager)

| administrating_years5 = {{CFL Year|2017|2021}}

| administrating_team5 = Edmonton Eskimos / Elks (General Manager)

| administrating_years6 = {{CFL Year|2025}}–present

| administrating_team6 = Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Senior Director of Player Personnel)

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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.

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.ottawasun.com/2013/05/29/former-new-york-jets-scout-brock-sunderland-named-assistant-gm-of-cfls-ottawa-redblacks|title=Former New York Jets scout Brock Sunderland named assistant GM of CFL's Ottawa RedBlacks|first=Tim|last= Baines|work=Ottawa Sun|date= May 29, 2013}} 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.{{cite web |title=Elks announce sweeping organizational changes |url=https://www.cfl.ca/2021/11/22/elks-announce-sweeping-organizational-changes/ |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=November 22, 2021}} On January 10, 2025, it was announced that he had joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as a senior director of player personnel.{{cite web|url=https://www.bluebombers.com/2025/01/10/blue-bombers-add-trio-to-scouting-staff/ |title=Blue Bombers add trio to scouting staff |publisher=Winnipeg Blue Bombers|date=January 10, 2025}}

CFL GM record

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rowspan="2"|Teamrowspan="2"|Yearcolspan="5"|Regular Seasoncolspan="4"|Post Season
WonLostTiesWin %FinishWonLostResult
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!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

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!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

colspan="2"|Total

||32||36||0||.471||0 West Division
Championships
||2||2||0 Grey Cups

References

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Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:Edmonton Elks general managers

Category:Ottawa Redblacks general managers

Category:Sportspeople from Missoula, Montana

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