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Rich Kilgour

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Position
  
Transition

Nationality
  
USA

Height
  
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Pro career
  
1992–2009

Weight
  
185 pounds (84 kg)

Name
  
Rich Kilgour

Former NLL teams
  
Buffalo Bandits


Rich Kilgour DARRIS and RICH KILGOUR

Born
  
April 5, 1967 (age 56) Niagara Falls, NY, USA (
1967-04-05
)

Rich kilgour bandits post game interview 02 04 12


Rich Kilgour (born January 14, 1969) is a retired professional lacrosse player and current assistant coach for the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League. He joined the Bandits in 1992 as a training camp invitee, and spent the next 18 years as a defensive specialist with the Bandits, 12 of those as team captain. His teams made the playoffs 13 times, played in eight championship games, and won four.

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A Niagara Falls, New York native, Kilgour played lacrosse and football at Niagara-Wheatfield High School, and attended Nazareth College from 1988 to 1990. As a Bandit, he played alongside his brothers Darris and Travis.

Since retiring from the playing turf, Kilgour has served as an assistant coach with the Bandits. He served as the head coach of the Niagara County Community College lacrosse program from 2009 to 2014, and currently serves as the head coach of the Iroquois Nationals for the 2015 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship. As head coach of the Six Nations Chiefs of Major Series Lacrosse, Kilgour has coached back-to-back Mann Cup winning squads in 2013 and 2014.

In recognition of his achievements in the NLL, Kilgour was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame and the NLL Hall of Fame 2010. His number, 16, was retired by the Bandits on April 16, 2011.

Darris and rich kilgour 2010 inductees into the greater buffalo sports hall of fame


References

Rich Kilgour Wikipedia