Durham College Athletics

Ernie Rainbow was born in Belleville in 1958 and he began his career at Durham in 1981 as the Assistant Athletic Director after graduating from Durham in 1980 in Sports Administration.  Ernie was a student athlete in basketball at DC but he was more well known as a highly successful coach at the Intercollegiate level at Durham including Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Touch Football and Golf.  As an adminstration,

Ernie worked for ten years in the Athletic Department and forged many additional areas of excellence in athletics.    These include bringing in marketing, promotion, and increased media as well as helping Durham become one of the top Colleges in the CCAA.  His overall contribution and professionalism in many areas is undeniably the deserving reason behind his induction in to the Hall of Fame at Durham College.