Tim Whitehead (ice hockey)

Tim Whitehead
Biographical details
Born	born 1961; Trenton, New Jersey, NJ, USA
Alma mater	Hamilton College
Playing career
1981–1985	Hamilton
Position(s)	Forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1990	Middlebury (Assistant)
1990–1991	Maine (Assistant)
1991–1996	Massachusetts-Lowell (Assistant)
1996–2001	Massachusetts-Lowell
2001–2013	Maine
2013–present	Kimball Union Academy
Head coaching record
Overall	326-266-65 (.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

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

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

Head coaching record

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

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

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
Maine bio

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Dean Blais	Spencer Penrose Award 2001–02	Succeeded by Bob Daniels

[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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v t e Maine Black Bears men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Alumni Field Rink (1922–1924) Alfond Arena (1977–present)
Coaches	Cuddy Murphy (1922–1923) Stanley Wallace (1923–1924) Jack Semler (1977–1984) Shawn Walsh (1984–1995, 1996–2001) Greg Cronin (1995–1996) Tim Whitehead (2001–2013) Red Gendron (2013–2021) Ben Barr (2021–Present)
Seasons	1922–23 1923–24 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	ECAC 2 (1977–1979) ECAC Hockey (1979–1984) Hockey East (1984–present)
Rivalries	New Hampshire Boston University
Culture & lore	Florida College Hockey Classic 42–1–2
All-time leaders	Jim Montgomery (301 Points) Jean-Yves Roy (108 Goals) Garth Snow/Scott King (66 Wins)
National championships	1993 1999
Frozen Four appearances	1988 1989 1991 1993 1995 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007
NCAA Tournament appearances	1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2012 2024
Conference Tournament titles	Hockey East: 1989 1992 1993 2000 2004
Hobey Baker winners	Scott Pellerin (1992) Paul Kariya (1993)
University of Maine Orono, ME

v t e UMass Lowell River Hawks men's ice hockey
Formerly the Lowell Chiefs and Lowell Tech Terriers
Playing venues	Skate 3 (−1980) Tully Forum (1980–1998) Tsongas Center (1998–present)
Head coaches	Richard Morrison 1967–1969 Bill Riley Jr. (1969–1991) Bruce Crowder (1991–1996) Tim Whitehead (1996–2001) Blaise MacDonald (2001–2011) Norm Bazin (2011–present)
Seasons	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	ECAC 2 (1968–1983) Hockey East (1984–present)
All-time leaders	Mike Carr (279 Points) Mike Carr (134 Goals) Brian Doyle (74 Wins)
National championships	D-II: 1979 1981 1982
Frozen Four appearances	D-II: 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 D-I: 2013
NCAA Tournament appearances	D-II: 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 D-I: 1988 1994 1996 2012 2013 2014 2016 2017 2022
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC 2 (East): 1979 1981 1982 1983 Hockey East: 2013 2014 2017
Mike Richter winners	Connor Hellebuyck (2014)
University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA