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Tim Whitehead (ice hockey)

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Tim Whitehead
Biographical details
Bornborn 1961
Trenton, New Jersey, NJ, USA
Alma materHamilton College
Playing career
1981–1985Hamilton
Position(s)Forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1990Middlebury (Assistant)
1990–1991Maine (Assistant)
1991–1996Massachusetts-Lowell (Assistant)
1996–2001Massachusetts-Lowell
2001–2013Maine
2013–presentKimball Union Academy
Head coaching record
Overall326-266-65 (.546) (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2004 Hockey East tournament champion
Awards
2002 Spencer Penrose Award

Tim Whitehead is an American ice hockey coach at Kimball Union Academy, a boarding school in Meriden, New Hampshire. He was formerly the head coach at Maine for 12 years and Massachusetts-Lowell for 5.[1]

Career

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Whitehead spent four years at Hamilton College, graduating from the Division II school in 1985. After playing two years of professional hockey in Europe, Whitehead embarked on his coaching career, returning to the D-II college ranks as an assistant at Middlebury with Head Coach Bill Beaney for two years before joining the powerhouse program at Maine for the 1990–91 season. Whitehead's next stop was at Massachusetts-Lowell where he would remain as an assistant to Bruce Crowder for five years before replacing him in 1996. Whitehead would remain head coach of the River Hawks for a further five seasons before returning to Maine to replace his former boss Shawn Walsh who succumbed to cancer prior to the 2001–02 season.[2]

While only an interim head coach in his first season with the Black Bears, Whitehead led the team all the way to the NCAA title game, losing to Minnesota 4–3 in overtime. Whitehead received the Spencer Penrose Award as the NCAA Division 1 National Coach of the Year for his efforts, as well as having the interim tag removed from his job title. Two years later Whitehead led Maine back to the championship match, this time losing 1–0 to Denver. The Black Bears won the Hockey East Championship that season in a thrilling 2-1 triple overtime victory over UMass. Whitehead's success in Orono would continue through the 2006–07 season including two more trips to the Frozen Four, but after four Frozen Fours in six years, the Black Bears slumped in 2008 and 2009. Maine would miss the NCAA tournament four consecutive years, until returning to the NCAA Northeast Regional in 2012. After an 11-win, injury-plagued season in 2012–13 Whitehead was fired by an athletic department trying to find a way to regain a revenue stream that had been declining for 5 years.[3] Overall, Whitehead led the Black Bears to seven NCAA tournament appearances in his twelve years at Maine, a run that included two NCAA national championship games, four NCAA Frozen Fours, and the 2004 Hockey East Championship.

Shortly after leaving Maine, Whitehead was named as the head coach for Kimball Union Academy[4] promptly leading the prep school to its second title in his first year behind the bench.[5] After winning the NEPSAC Elite Division New England Championship in 2016–17, Whitehead's career record at KUA stands at 114-22-9.

Personal life

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Tim lives in Meriden NH with his wife Dena and their two children, Natalie (18) and Zach (16).

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Massachusetts–Lowell River Hawks (Hockey East) (1996–2001)
1996–97 Massachusetts-Lowell 15-21-2 9-14-1 7th Hockey East Third-place game (Tie)
1997–98 Massachusetts-Lowell 16-17-3 11-10-3 5th Hockey East Semifinals
1998–99 Massachusetts-Lowell 17-19-0 9-15-0 t-6th Hockey East Quarterfinals
1999–00 Massachusetts-Lowell 9-22-3 5-16-3 9th
2000–01 Massachusetts-Lowell 19-16-3 10-11-3 5th Hockey East Semifinals
Massachusetts-Lowell: 76-95-11 44-66-10
Maine Black Bears (Hockey East) (2001–2013)
2001–02 Maine 26-11-7 14-5-5 t-2nd NCAA runner-up
2002–03 Maine 24-10-5 14-6-4 3rd NCAA Midwest regional semifinals
2003–04 Maine 33-8-3 17-5-2 2nd NCAA runner-up
2004–05 Maine 20-13-7 13-6-5 4th NCAA West regional semifinals
2005–06 Maine 28-12-2 17-8-2 t-2nd NCAA Frozen Four
2006–07 Maine 23-15-2 14-12-1 t-5th NCAA Frozen Four
2007–08 Maine 13-18-3 9-15-3 9th
2008–09 Maine 13-22-4 7-17-3 8th Hockey East Quarterfinals
2009–10 Maine 19-17-3 13-12-2 t-3rd Hockey East Runner-Up
2010–11 Maine 17-12-7 14-8-5 5th Hockey East Quarterfinals
2011–12 Maine 23-14-3 15-10-2 4th NCAA Northeast regional semifinals
2012–13 Maine 11-19-8 7-12-8 t-7th Hockey East Quarterfinals
Maine: 250-171-54 154-116-42
Total: 326-266-65

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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References

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  1. ^ "Tim Whitehead Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  2. ^ Sharp, David (October 1, 2001). "Maine remembers Shawn Walsh". USA Today. Associated Press.
  3. ^ "Whitehead ousted as Maine's head coach after 12 seasons". USCHO.com. 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  4. ^ "Former Maine coach Tim Whitehead to be new hockey coach at Kimball Union Academy". SB Nation. 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  5. ^ "Former Maine men's hockey coach Whitehead leads Kimball Union Academy to title". Bangor Daily News. 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  6. ^ "Maine men's ice hockey 2012-13 Media Guide". Maine Black Bears. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  7. ^ "Massachusetts-Lowell men's ice hockey 2014-15 Record Book". UMass Lowell River Hawks. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Spencer Penrose Award
2001–02
Succeeded by