{{short description|Canadian football player}} {{About|the football player|the murder|Murder of Kelly Anne Bates}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox CFL biography |team= |image=2022, Coach Kelly Bates.jpg |image_upright=1 |caption=Bates with the BC Lions in 2022 |import=no |position1=Offensive guard |number=59 |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1975|7|27}} |birth_place=Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada |CIS=Saskatchewan |high_school= |Height_ft=6 |Height_in=3 |Weight_lbs=296 |CFLDraftedYear=2001 |CFLDraftedRound=4 |CFLDraftedPick=32 |playing_years1={{CFL Year|2002|2008}} |playing_team1=BC Lions |playing_years2={{CFL Year|2009}} |playing_team2=Winnipeg Blue Bombers |playing_years3={{CFL Year|2010}} |playing_team3=Saskatchewan Roughriders* |playing_years4={{CFL Year|2010}} |playing_team4=Edmonton Eskimos |playing_years5={{CFL Year|2011}} |playing_team5=BC Lions |coaching_years1={{CFL Year|2011}} |coaching_team1=BC Lions (OLC) |coaching_years2={{CFL Year|2012|2014}} |coaching_team2=BC Lions (RBC) |coaching_years3=2015–2017 |coaching_team3=Simon Fraser Clan (HC) |coaching_years4={{CFL Year|2018}} |coaching_team4=Edmonton Eskimos ({{abbr|CQC|Offensive Quality Control}}) |coaching_years5={{CFL Year|2019|2024}} |coaching_team5=BC Lions (OLC) |administrating_years1={{CFL Year|2012|2014}} |administrating_team1=BC Lions (Draft coord.) |career_highlights= * 2× Grey Cup champion (2006, 2011) * CFL All-Star ({{CFL Year|2007}}) * CFL West All-Star ({{CFL Year|2007}}) * Vanier Cup champion (1998) |CFL-archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512003232/http://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/215 }} '''Kelly Bates''' (born July 27, 1975) is a Canadian former professional football guard and former head coach of the Simon Fraser Clan. He was most recently the offensive line coach for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the Lions in fourth round of the 2001 CFL draft. He played CIS football for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies.
==College career== Bates was a core member of the University of Saskatchewan Huskies offensive line and helped the Huskies win the 1998 Vanier Cup.
==Professional career== ===BC Lions=== Bates was selected by the BC Lions in the 2001 CFL draft (4th round, 32nd overall). In 2004, he missed 7 games to a knee injury and started 11 games. In 2005, Bates started all 18 games including the West Division Championship. In 2006, he again started all 18 regular season games, the western final, and the 94th Grey Cup. Bates was blamed by team-mates for breaking the Grey Cup after BC won it in 2006. He has been a starter on the team since 2003.<ref name="lions bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.bclions.com/roster/show/id/215 |title=Kelly Bates |work=Roster |publisher=BC Lions Football Club |access-date=2009-02-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217181027/http://bclions.com/roster/show/id/215 |archive-date=2009-02-17 }}</ref>
===Winnipeg Blue Bombers=== Bates was traded to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on May 14, 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/bombers-acquire-ol-bates-from-lions |title=Bombers acquire OL Bates from Lions | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |access-date=2017-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829151517/http://www.cfl.ca/article/bombers-acquire-ol-bates-from-lions |archive-date=2012-08-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Coaching career== Bates was the running backs coach and Canadian College Draft coordinator for the BC Lions from 2012 to 2014. In 2015, he became the head coach of the Simon Fraser Clan.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://athletics.sfu.ca/coaches.aspx?rc=285 | title=2015 Football Coaching Staff | publisher=athletics.sfu.ca | access-date=March 26, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503175823/http://athletics.sfu.ca/coaches.aspx?rc=285 | archive-date=May 3, 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Bates was fired on November 30, 2017 after going winless through three seasons.<ref>{{cite web |website=Varsity Letters |last=Tsumara |first=Howard |url=https://varsityletters.ca/bates-fired-as-clan-head-coach-simon-fraser-vows-commitment-to-football-as-new-coaching-search-begins-at-sfu/ |title=Bates fired as Clan head coach, Simon Fraser vows commitment to football as new coaching search begins at SFU |date=November 30, 2017 |access-date=September 7, 2024}}</ref>
On August 31, 2019, it was announced that Bates had been hired by the BC Lions to serve as the offensive line coach, replacing the fired Bryan Chiu.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/31/lions-relieve-bryan-chiu-duties-add-kelly-bates-ol-coach/ |title=Lions relieve Bryan Chiu of duties; add Kelly Bates as OL coach |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=August 31, 2019}}</ref> He served in that capacity through to the 2024 season, but was not retained on the staff in 2025.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bclions.com/2025/01/02/lions-name-eight-to-2025-coaching-staff/ |title=Lions Name Eight To 2025 Coaching Staff |publisher=BC Lions |date=January 2, 2025}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Simon Fraser Clan | conf = Great Northwest Conference | startyear = 2015 | endyear = 2017 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2015 | name = Simon Fraser | overall = 0–9 | conference = 0–6 | confstanding = 7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2016 | name = Simon Fraser | overall = 0–10 | conference = 0–8 | confstanding = 5th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2017 | name = Simon Fraser | overall = 0–10 | conference = 0–8 | confstanding = 5th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Simon Fraser | overall = 0–29 | confrecord = 0–24 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 0–29 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}
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