CFL.ca brings you three takeaways from Mark Kilam's first press conference as the head coach of the Edmonton Elks.

With his deep Alberta roots and long-standing ties to green and gold, Mark Kilam's move from Calgary Stampeders assistant coach to Edmonton Elks head coach feels like a natural fit.

Mark Kilam was announced as the CFL club’s new head coach on Tuesday. Kilam, who played university football with the University of Alberta Golden Bears, had been a part of the Calgary Stampeders’ coaching staff since 2005. Kilam joined The Green Zone with Jamie and Locker on Tuesday to discuss the big opportunity and the future of the franchise.

Alberta native Mark Kilam was announced Monday as the Edmonton Elks' 25th head coach. Kilam, 45, grew up in Lethbridge, Alta., and graduated from the University of Alberta, where he played as a linebacker for the Golden Bears from 1997 to 2001.

But Monday at Commonwealth Stadium, it was all about the transmission, with the introduction of new head coach Mark Kilam, who is hands down the most integral part of it all. He is, after all, where the rubber meets the road. And it doesn’t matter how fancy an engine you have if it fails to get turned into positive traction in the standings.

Less than two weeks after announcing Ed Hervey was returning to Edmonton to become the general manager of the Elks, the football club has revealed that former Calgary Stampeders special teams co-ordinator and assistant head coach Mark Kilam will be its new head coach.

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Mark Kilam has been hired as the new head coach of the Edmonton Elks, the team announced Monday. Kilam, a University of Alberta graduate, returns to Edmonton after spending 20 years with the Calgary Stampeders,