Bob McMahon is a former head coach in the
National Lacrosse League
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The NLL currently has fifteen teams: ten in the United States and five in Canada. The N ...
, and currently serves as an assistant coach with the
Calgary Roughnecks
The Calgary Roughnecks are a professional box lacrosse team based in Calgary, Alberta. They are members of the Western Division of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) and play their home games on WestJet Field at Scotiabank Saddledome. The te ...
.
Bob McMahon began his professional lacrosse coaching career as an assistant coach with the
Detroit Turbos
The Detroit Turbos were a member of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1989 to 1994. They were based in Detroit, Michigan. Led by Paul and Gary Gait
Gary Charles Gait (born April 5, 1967) is a Canadian retired Hall of Fame professional lacro ...
in
1992 and
1993
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.
In
1999
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, McMahon was hired as an assistant coach to his friend
Terry Sanderson in
Albany, and was promoted to head coach following the
2001 season, when Sanderson left Albany to become head coach of the expansion
Montreal Express
The Montreal Express was a member of the National Lacrosse League during the 2002 season. They played at the Molson Center in Montreal, Quebec. They were inactive during the 2003 and 2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of ...
.
In the two years with Sanderson as head coach, the Attack finished with 6-6 and 5-9 records, but in McMahon's first year as head coach, Albany improved to a league-best 14-2 record.
The Attack hosted the NLL Championship game, which they lost to the
Toronto Rock
The Toronto Rock are a professional box lacrosse franchise based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the North Division of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The team was the first Canadian franchise in the NLL. Oakville resident ...
, but McMahon was named 2002
NLL Coach of the Year (an award later renamed the ''Les Bartley Award'').
McMahon was also selected as coach of the South team in the 2002
NLL All-Star Game.
After a disappointing 8-8
2003 season, the Albany Attack franchise moved to
San Jose, and McMahon found himself out of work again. He was hired by his former assistant coach in Albany,
Bob Hamley, as an assistant coach of the new
Arizona Sting
The Arizona Sting was a member of the National Lacrosse League from 2004 to 2007. They played at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, from 2001 to 2003 as the Columbus Landsharks. On August 28, 2003, it was announced that the team was relocating to ...
franchise. After four years as an assistant coach in Arizona, McMahon was announced as the new head coach of the
Colorado Mammoth
The Colorado Mammoth are a box lacrosse team playing in the National Lacrosse League. The Mammoth have played at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, since the 2003 season. They are owned by Stan Kroenke, who is also the owner of the Colorado Avala ...
in September 2007, after Gary Gait announced that he was stepping down. He was relieved of his duties on January 19, 2010 following an 0-2 start to the 2010 season. Just two months later,
Bob Hamley was hired as the new Mammoth head coach, and in an interesting twist, he requested that the Mammoth re-hide McMahon to be one of his assistant coaches, which they did.
In 2004, McMahon was chosen to be an assistant coach for Canada's
Heritage Cup team, which defeated Team USA 17-8.
McMahon has also coached in the
Major Series Lacrosse
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league, leading the
Brampton Excelsiors to the OLA Major title and a
Mann Cup
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in 1998, and another OLA Major title in 1999.
References
Awards
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National Lacrosse League coaches
Living people
National Lacrosse League major award winners
Calgary Roughnecks coaches
Colorado Mammoth coaches
Year of birth missing (living people)