NLL Buffalo Bandits

Buffalo Bandits Hire Two New Assistant Coaches

Published on October 2, 2007 under National Lacrosse League (NLL)
Buffalo Bandits News Release


BUFFALO, N.Y. (October 2, 2007) --- Buffalo Bandits Director of Lacrosse Operations Dave Zygaj announced today the team has re-signed Assistant Coach Ron Henry and signed two new Assistant Coaches, Derek Graham and Jeffrey Dowling. The new assistant coaches were brought on after Tory Cordingley, their Assistant Coach from last year, resigned to take on the Head Coaching position with the Calgary Roughnecks.

Henry will return for his second season with the Bandits as Assistant Coach and will be responsible for the defense.

Graham will be the new Assistant Coach in charge of offense. Graham has been coaching lacrosse at various levels since 1997 and has received the "Coach of the Year Award" three times. Graham's most recent coaching position was with the Hamilton Bengals where he served as Head Coach and General Manager. In addition to coaching, Graham has also been an active player in the Southern Ontario region winning several championships, including two Minto Cups with St. Catharines and two Mann Cups with Six Nations.

Dowling will be joining the Bandits as an Assistant Coach and Director of Team Scouting. Dowling comes to the Bandits after coaching several other NLL teams including the Calgary Roughnecks, Anaheim Storm and Columbus Landsharks. Dowling was the head coach of Calgary for the second half of last season and led them to a second place finish in the West Division. Jeff was also part of the staff that led Team Canada to a World Indoor Lacrosse Championship in 2007.

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