The Saskatchewan Roughriders have named Jeremy O’Day as the club’s general manager.
Roughriders president and CEO Craig Reynolds called a news conference Friday afternoon prior to the team confirming the promotion in a news release over the noon hour.
O’Day, 44, has served as Saskatchewan’s assistant general manager since 2011. He briefly served as interim general manager when Brendan Taman was fired in 2015.
The move comes three days after former vice-president of football operations, general manager and head coach Chris Jones resigned to take a job with the National Football League’s Cleveland Browns.
Prior to joining the front office, O’Day played 14 seasons in the CFL — 12 of which with the Roughriders. During that time, he won two Grey Cups and was named a CFL all-star three times.