Tim Whitehead, a 1985 graduate of Hamilton College, was named the winner of the 2002 Spencer Penrose Award as Division I Men's Ice Hockey Coach of the year after leading the Maine Black Bears to the NCAA title game. College hockey's Coach of the Year recipients are chosen by members of the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA). Whitehead received his award at the annual AHCA Coach of the Year Banquet, held in conjuction with the AHCA Convention in Naples, FL, on April 27.
Whitehead returned to Maine last fall after 10 years at UMass Lowell. An assistant to the late Shawn Walsh during the 1990-91 season at Maine, Whitehead spent his first five years at Lowell as an assistant and his last five years as head coach. His record as a head coach was 76-95-12 before this year's 26-11-7 mark.
