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 2001,[1] making him the first player to have his number retired by an NLL team, and he was inducted into the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame in 2007.[2]
In 1994, as a member of the Six Nations Chiefs, Kilgour was awarded the Mike Kelly Memorial Trophy as most valuable player in the Mann Cup competition.[3]
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.[4] 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 losing 14 to 11. The bandits would again make it to the Champion's Cup final this time against Colorado and at Home before losing 16 to 9.
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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Statistics
NLL
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||
Awards
| Preceded by Bob McMahon |
NLL Coach of the Year Award 2003 |
Succeeded by Paul Day |
References
- ^ Philly, R.A. (March 22, 2001). "Bandits to retire Kilgour's number". Outsider's Guide to the NLL. http://www.lacrosse-network.com/outsidersguide/news010322.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
- ^ "NLL Inducts Second Class to Hall of Fame". NLL.com. February 16, 2007. http://nll.com/article.php?id=2738. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
- ^ "Historical Stats of the Mann Cup". Bible-of-Lacrosse.com. http://bible-of-lacrosse.com/newstats/manncup.txt. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- ^ Philly, R.A. (July 30, 2002). "Kilgour comes home to Buffalo as new coach". Outsider's Guide to the NLL. http://www.lacrosse-network.com/outsidersguide/news020730.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
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