This fall, Coach Dempster will enter his 16th season as Head Coach of the Lords Baseball program; he guided the Lords to the Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association (CIBA) Ontario Conference Championship for the second straight year. It marked the second straight year and fifth time in school history that Durham College advanced to the National Championships. The Lords have been an annual contender in the CIBA, while suffering only one losing season in school history.

In January, the 15 year veteran coach was awarded the Julio Puente Envoy International Coach Award by Major League Baseball at the American Baseball Coaches Association Conference in Orlando, Florida. The prestigious award is presented by MLB for unselfish, dedicated and passionate work in growing the game of baseball.

Currently Coach “D” is currently on tour throughout Africa and the UK on behalf of Major League Baseball (MLB); the long serving head coach has been involved with the Durham Lords since 1992 and is now aiming to promote the game of baseball to underprivileged children. In addition to his lead role at Durham, Coach Dempster is also an Associate Canadian Scout for Major League Baseball’s Milwaukee Brewers and previously a scout for the 26-time World Series Champion, New York Yankees. Coach Dempster has also co-organized the Ontario Best Ever Clinic for many years and has assisted the Team Ontario program both north and south of the border. In 2005-06 he spent the summer in Europe as part of a group of coaches (under the direction of MLB) running clinics in Germany and England.

Returning an experienced roster and coaching staff in 2007-08, the Lords will be looking to repeat their past performance advancing to the National Championships. The Lords play their home games at the friendly confines of Kinsmen Memorial Stadium. Coach Dempster is married with three adult children and resides in Whitby, Ontario.