Brock Sunderland

{{Infobox gridiron football person | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|11|11}} | birth_place = Great Falls, Montana, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | team = Hamilton Tiger-Cats | status = | position1 = Senior Director of Player Personnel | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lb = | 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}} | administrating_team6 = Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Senior Director of Player Personnel) | administrating_years7 = {{CFL Year|2026}}–present | administrating_team7 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Senior Director of Player Personnel) | career_highlights = }} '''Brock Sunderland''' (born November 11, 1979) is the senior director of player personnel for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> On January 10, 2025, it was announced that he had joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as a senior director of player personnel.<ref>{{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}}</ref> After one year with the Blue Bombers, it was announced on December 17, 2025, that Sunderland had joined the Hamilton Tiger-Cats as their senior director of player personnel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ticats.ca/2025/12/17/tiger-cats-announce-2026-football-operations-staff/ |title=Tiger-Cats Announce 2026 Football Operations Staff |publisher=Hamilton Tiger-Cats|date=December 17, 2025}}</ref>

== CFL GM record == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason |- !Won!!Lost!!Ties!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Result |-! style="background:#fdd;" !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 |-! style="background:#fdd;" !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<br />Championships'''||'''2'''||'''2'''||'''0 Grey Cups''' |}

==References== {{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sunderland, Brock}} Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Edmonton Elks general managers Category:Ottawa Redblacks general managers Category:Sportspeople from Missoula, Montana