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Swamp Rabbits name Andrew Lord as head coach

Swamp Rabbits name Andrew Lord as head coach

Friday, June 19th

GREENVILLE, S.C. —The Greenville Swamp Rabbits announced that Andrew Lord has been named head coach of the team, effective immediately. Lord, 35, joins the organization from the Cardiff Devils of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) in the United Kingdom, where he has spent the last six seasons as head coach of the organization.Lord joins the Swamp Rabbits with an immense championship pedigree. He led the Devils to nine separate titles, including three Conference championships, two Challenge Cup championships, two League titles, and two Playoff championships. As the winningest coach in Devils history, he led the team to a 221-75-22 record across his six seasons as head coach.

Born in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Lord enjoyed a lengthy professional hockey career out of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). He spent 10 seasons in the pro ranks, totaling 462 games. He played three of his ten overall seasons in the ECHL as a member of the Wheeling Nailers, culminating in the 2010–11 season where he served as captain.

Lord climbed the hockey development ladder as far as the American Hockey League, where he suited up in 39 contests with the Rochester Americans, Milwaukee Admirals and Oklahoma City Barons. His best work as a pro was done in the EIHL, where he scored 173 points in 216 games, all with Cardiff.Lord played junior hockey in the British Columbia HockeyLeague with the Vernon Vipers, where he won a BCHL championship in 2002, and was the team's MVP and most improved player the year after. He prided himself on his academics, as an honor roll regular in high school, Dean's List honoree at RPI, a three-time ECAC All-Academic, a two-time RPI scholar-athlete award winner, and in his senior season, was named a finalist for the ECAC Student-Athlete of the Year award. He also earned his MBA from Cardiff Metropolitan University in 2016.