Dick Umile
| Sport(s) | Ice hockey |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | New Hampshire |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 21, 1948 Melrose, Massachusetts |
| Playing career | |
| 1969–1972 | New Hampshire |
| Position(s) | Forward |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1975–1985 | Watertown High School |
| 1985–1987 | Providence (assistant) |
| 1988–1990 | New Hampshire (assistant) |
| 1990–2018 | New Hampshire |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 571-333-103 (.618) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1997 Hockey East Regular Season Champion 1999 Hockey East Regular Season Champion 2002 Hockey East Regular Season Champion 2002 Hockey East Tournament Champion 2003 Hockey East Regular Season Champion 2003 Hockey East Tournament Champion 2007 Hockey East Regular Season Champion 2008 Hockey East Regular Season Champion 2010 Hockey East Regular Season Champion |
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| Awards | |
| 1991 Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award 1997 Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award 1999 Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award 1999 Spencer Penrose Award 2002 Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award 2007 Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award 2007 Italian-American Hall of Fame 2009 New Hampshire Legends of Hockey 2010 Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award |
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Richard "Dick" Umile is an American ice hockey coach currently in charge at New Hampshire. Umile has held the post since 1990–91 and has the most wins in the team's history.
Dick Umile began attending New Hampshire in the fall of '68, sitting out his freshman year (as per NCAA rules) and started playing for the Wildcats' as a Forward under legendary UNH coach Charlie Holt. Umile's playing career ended once he graduated in 1972 but he returned to the sport as the head coach for the Watertown Red Raiders in 1975 and rebuilt that unsuccessful team into a state champion within ten years. Umile was lured back into the college ranks by the newly appointed head coach at Providence, former UNH teammate Mike McShane, but only two years in, Umile resigned.
A year later, Umile ran into Bob Kullen who was recovering from a recent heart transplant and was enticed to return to his alma mater as an assistant coach. Two seasons later, Kullen's health took a sudden turn for the worst and Umile was thrust into the head coaching position just prior to the 1990–91 season. The season soon became dedicated to Kullen when the former coach died on November 2 and the team responded by giving New Hampshire its first winning season in seven years. After the season, Umile was awarded with Hockey East's Coach of the Year Award, newly renamed in Bob Kullen Honor.
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