Success has followed the coaching career of Andy Kiss whether the basketball is being dribbled by travel players, high schoolers or collegiate athletes.

Kiss won an Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations’ gold medal as a member of the Herman Green Griffins in 1980 and 37 years later, he coached the senior girls’ St. Anne Saints to OFSAA gold in 2007. He was honored as the Ontario High School Coach of the Year following that ’07 season.

Kiss has served as head coach of the St. Clair Saints since 2013, regularly taking a talented mix of local and out-of-town players to the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association post-season and bringing home three OCAA silver medals (’19, ’20, ’22) and one bronze (’13).

His work earned him OCAA Coach of the Year in 2024.

After a standout career at Herman, Kiss played collegiately for Central Michigan University, UWindsor and Queen’s University.

While teaching at St. Anne’s High School, he coached the junior boys’ team for 10 years, the senior girls’ team for 18 years and the senior boys’ team for three seasons. Over that time, he  won nine championships in junior boys, 16 in senior girls and two in senior boys that included WECSSAA and SWOSSAA titles.

Outside of class, he coached both boys’ and girls’ travel basketball teams with the Tecumseh Saints from 2002-16.

Through the years, Kiss has shown a knack for developing talent and getting the most out of his roster on both offence and defence.

He now joins a new team as a member of the 2025 class for the Windsor-Essex Sports Hall of Fame in the builder’s category.