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Darris Kilgour

Darris Kilgour

Tuscarora

Induction Category:

Year Inducted

Athlete/Coach

2026

Darris Kilgour is the younger brother of Rich Kilgour. Darris was named to the NLL’s All-Pro Second Team multiple times in the 90s, including in 1998, when he had a 37-goal and 30-assist year and had a career-high-tying 69 loose balls that season.

He had a coaching career with the Buffalo Bandits. He has the most wins as a coach in team history. From 2003-2013, the Bandits won 103 games. During that 11-season stretch, he coached the Bandits to a winning record in 10 of those years. The team won the NLL title in 2008.

Darris Kilgour was drafted in 1991, the first player ever drafted by the Buffalo Bandits. During his playing career, he played with the Buffalo Bandits (1992-99), Rochester Knighthawks (1999), and the Albany Attack (2000).

In these eight seasons Darris earned three All-Pro selections: First Team in 1998, and Second Team in 1992 and 1997.

Darris retired in 2000, and became the first player in NLL history to have his jersey number retired by the Bandits.

Darris then began his coaching career in 2000 with the Washington Power, and in 2003 he returned to coach the hometown Buffalo Bandits.

During his coaching career, Darris was voted NLL Coach of the Year in 2003, selected to coach the Eastern All-Stars in 2004, won the NLL Championship in 2008, and in 2010, surpassed Coach Les Bartley as the all time regular season wins leader.

Darris Kilgour was inducted into the NLL Hall of Fame in 2007.
Source: Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame.

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