The BC Lions announced Tuesday that former Lions head coach and Canadian Footbal Hall of Famer Bob O’Billovich and former CFL offensive coordinator Bill Diedrick have been added as scouts while Geroy Simon has been named the club’s director of CIS scouting and player personnel assistant. 

Both Neil McEvoy, the team’s director of football operations and player personnel, as well as Ryan Rigmaiden, the Lions’ director of U.S. scouting will continue to serve in their current capacities. 

"Bob and Bill bring a vast amount of CFL experience and knowledge to their roles and they understand the kind of players who are best suited for our game, while Geroy’s work will be invaluable to our success," said GM and head coach Wally Buono in a statement. "Adding more expertise to our player personnel department well help us in both the short and long term and I’m looking forward to seeing our organization benefit from their contributions." 

O'Billovich, served as Lions head coach for 43 games from 1990-1992 and was also the Lions' Director of Player Personnel under Buono from 2003 to 2007 before joining the Hamilton Tiger-Cats as GM in 2008.  

Diedrick worked as quarterbacks and receivers coach for the Toronto Argonauts in 2008 and for the Calgary Stampeders from 2005 to 2007. 

Simon, the CFL’s all-time leader in receiving yards and receptions, is in charge of evaluating of players ahead to the CFL Draft on May 10, as well as during the CIS regular season.   

The Lions have also added Michael Lionello, to the coaching staff in charge of quality control. Lionello joins the club after serving at Simon Fraser in a number of areas including director of football operations, recruiting coordinator, running backs coach and video coordinator.