Lancer football coach selected as province’s best

Ontario University Athletics named Joe D’Amore, interim head coach of Lancer football, its coach of the year in the sport Thursday.

D’Amore was a team captain for the Lancers in his playing days. He returned to the team in 2010 as the recruiting coordinator and receivers coach. This season he stepped into the head coach position and led the team to its most successful season since 2006, going five and three and defeating the a quarterfinal opponent to make it to the second round of the playoffs.

D’Amore is the first Windsor coach since John Musselman in 1987 to take home the award. Read “D’Amore named OUA Football Coach of the Year” on goLancers.ca.