Darris Kilgour

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Darris Kilgour is the head coach and general manager of the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League. Kilgour also played for the Bandits for 8 seasons, before finishing his playing career with the Rochester Knighthawks and Albany Attack. He won three championships with the Bandits, and is the all-time team leader in penalty minutes and faceoffs. Kilgour's number 43 was retired by the Bandits in March of 2001[1], and he was inducted into the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame in 2007[2].

Kilgour became head coach of the Washington Power for the 2001 season. He led the Power to the playoffs in each of his two seasons as coach before returning to Buffalo as their head coach after the 2002 season[3]. The Bandits posted a 12-4 record in 2003, and Kilgour was awarded the NLL Coach of the Year Award (later renamed to the Les Bartley Award). The next year, after a mediocre 8-8 regular season, the Bandits caught fire in the postseason, making it to the Championship game for the first time since 1997, but lost the title to the Calgary Roughnecks.

Kilgour's brother Richie is the captain of the Bandits, and another brother Travis used to play with both the Bandits and the Power.

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[edit] Statistics

[edit] NLL

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM GP G A Pts LB PIM
1992 Buffalo 8 23 16 39 53 49 3 5 9 14 18 11
1993 Buffalo 8 11 17 28 69 31 2 2 3 5 21 12
1994 Buffalo 6 7 10 17 38 21 2 4 7 11 10 6
1995 Buffalo 6 8 12 20 17 25 1 1 4 5 5 12
1996 Buffalo 6 8 5 13 26 34 2 4 3 7 5 14
1997 Buffalo 8 21 21 42 56 34 2 3 4 7 20 2
1998 Buffalo 12 37 30 67 69 39 1 4 2 6 2 6
1999 Buffalo 8 13 16 29 40 24 -- -- -- -- -- --
1999 Rochester 2 3 3 6 3 0 2 3 3 6 5 4
2000 Albany 12 13 38 51 47 28 -- -- -- -- -- --
NLL Totals 76 144 168 312 418 285 15 26 35 61 86 67

[edit] Awards

Preceded by
Bob McMahon
NLL Coach of the Year Award
2003
Succeeded by
Paul Day

[edit] References

  1. ^ Philly, R.A. (March 22, 2001). Bandits to retire Kilgour's number. Outsider's Guide to the NLL. Retrieved on February 13, 2007.
  2. ^ NLL Inducts Second Class to Hall of Fame. NLL.com (February 16, 2007). Retrieved on February 18, 2007.
  3. ^ Philly, R.A. (July 30, 2002). Kilgour comes home to Buffalo as new coach. Outsider's Guide to the NLL. Retrieved on February 13, 2007.