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).

Bates was blamed by team-mates for breaking the Grey Cup after BC won it in 2006.

[2] Bates was the running backs coach and Canadian College Draft coordinator for the BC Lions from 2012 to 2014.

[4] 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.