Darris Kilgour

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 has more wins than any other coach in NLL history, surpassing Les Bartley's 93 wins on March 12, 2010 with the Buffalo Bandits defeating the Toronto Rock in an 11-10 overtime decision at Toronto's Air Canada Centre.

Statistics

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

Awards

Preceded by Bob McMahon

NLL Coach of the Year Award 2003

Succeeded by Paul Day

References

1. ^ 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. 
2. ^ "NLL Inducts Second Class to Hall of Fame". NLL.com. February 16, 2007. http://nll.com/article.php?id=2738. Retrieved 2007-02-18. 
3. ^ "Historical Stats of the Mann Cup". Bible-of-Lacrosse.com. http://bible-of-lacrosse.com/newstats/manncup.txt. Retrieved 2007-08-15. 
4. ^ 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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