Okanagan Sun head coach Gavin Lake has ventured to Brampton Ontario to find his defensive backs coach for the 2012 season.

32 year old Andre Knights joins the Sun after coaching at Notre Dame High School in Brampton where he also played his high school football.

After graduating high school, Andre played for Vanier College (CGEP) in Montreal before being recruited to St. Mary’s University in Halifax where he played the 2002-2006 seasons. While with the Huskies, he appeared in two Vanier Cups (winning in 2002)

Andre was an AUS All Star while at St. Mary’s, played in the East-West Bowl and was a drafted by the Calgary Stampeders in 2006.

While at St. Mary’s Andre was a team mate of two former Sun players, safety Saleem Borhot (Sun 2003-2005) and quarterback Ryan Perverseff (Sun 2001)

The Sun open training camp July 20. The regular season kicks off saturday, August 4th when the Sun host the Langley Rams.

Season tickets are on sale at okanagansun.ca