Coaches

Bob Heyes

Head Coach

Head coach since 2012, Heyes has made impressive contributions over the past seven seasons; the Shamrocks have made the playoffs every year, won 1 Mann Cup Championship in 3 appearances, won 3 WLA Championships in 6 opportunities and has a record of 91-42-3.

Art Webster

Defensive Coach

Webster appeared in 558 Senior A games as a player, tallying 174 goals and 447 assists and winning two Mann Cup titles as a player (1979, 1983). He has now supplemented that with three Mann Cup titles as a coach (2003, 2005, 2015). He was honoured by the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame with his induction for his contributions as a player in 2007.

Mike Simpson

Offensive Coach

Simpson, a Victoria native who works in the community as a Lieutenant with the Saanich Fire department won a Mann Cup with the Shamrocks in 1997 and a Minto Cup in 1988 with Esquimalt Legion as captain for both teams. Over 9 seasons in the WLA, all with the Victoria Shamrocks, Simpson played 231 games and had 327 points including 53 points in 60 playoff games. He began his coaching career in 2001 with the Jr. Shamrocks and in 2004 was the first Head Coach for the expansion Minnesota Swarm of the NLL.

John Hamilton

Video Coach

Born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Hamilton played Senior A lacrosse for the Shamrocks between 1985 and 2003, earned two Mann Cup rings (1997, 1999) in the process.