The Windsor Lancers are pleased to announce that men's hockey head coach Kevin Hamlin has been appointed as the first full-time head coach of the Lancer men's hockey team.
 
Widely considered to be among the top collegiate coaches in the country, Coach Hamlin has an outstanding record as a winning hockey coach and impressive credentials as a former player.
 
Coach Hamlin's career at the University of Windsor includes two OUA Coach of the Year honours, two trips to the national championship tournament and one OUA Queen's Cup Championship. The Lancers have also qualified for the playoffs for the last nine years, dating back to 2009-10.
 
"We are very pleased to be able to appoint Kevin Hamlin as the head coach of the Lancers men's hockey team on a full time basis," commented Havey. "Kevin has had a very successful ten year run leading the club in a part time role… highlighted by a Queen's Cup Championship in 2013, and back to back national championship appearances in 2013 and 2014.  We are all very excited that Kevin is now in a position to be able to turn his full attention to leading the Lancers. The program is in good hands."
 
Coach Hamlin is equally as excited to embark on this next chapter of Lancer men's hockey. "It's an honour for me to lead our program into another development phase. The level of play in the OUA is tremendous and student-athletes have unique challenges that help prepare them for future careers," said Hamlin. "We have been consistently regarded as one of the top programs in Ontario, and while our ultimate goal is to win a national championship, we will continue to develop championship people along the way.  I have never been more excited to begin a season. We have a great group of young men who care about one another and clearly understand what we are trying to do here. This will be exciting!"
 
Hamlin was named the Ontario University Men's Hockey Coach of the Year in 2014-15 for the second time in his career and was a finalist for the CIS National Coach of the Year after leading the Lancers to a program best 22-4-1 record and first place overall in the OUA. The Lancers were ranked in the CIS top ten for 17 straight weeks and captured an Ontario bronze medal while earning their second consecutive trip to the CIS national championships.