will instead receive a three-year extension, the Portland Press Herald<\/i> reported<\/a>.<\/p>\nWhitehead is 275-219-47 in 13 seasons as a head coach, the past nine of them with the Black Bears.<\/p>\n
“I evaluated the situation and with him coming into the final year of his contract, I looked at the competitive situation of the team,” Maine athletic director Blake James told the newspaper. “There’s no one that wants to win more than Tim.”<\/p>\n
Whitehead has led Maine to four Frozen Fours (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007), but the Black Bears haven’t appeared in the NCAA tournament since 2007.<\/p>\n
They followed two losing seasons with a 19-17-3 campaign last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Maine coach Tim Whitehead, set to enter the final year of his contract, will instead receive a three-year extension, the Portland Press Herald reported. Whitehead is 275-219-47 in 13 seasons as a head coach, the past nine of them with the Black Bears. “I evaluated the situation and with him coming into the final year […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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