Maine

Official Name: 
University of Maine
Nickname: 
Black Bears
Mailing Address: 

5747 Memorial Gymnasium
Orono, ME 04469-5761

Telephone: 
(207) 581-3596
Fax: 
(207) 581-3297
Enrollment: 
11,200
Arena: 

Harold Alfond Sports Arena
Capacity: 5,668
Year Opened: 1977

School Colors: 
Blue and White
Conference: 

America East (since 1980)
Former Member of New England/Yankee (1938-43 and 1946-76)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

NCAA Tournament Appearances: None

NIT Appearances: 

None

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Tom Skip Chappelle (17 years from 1972-88, 217-226 record, .490)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Rufus Harris (2,206 points from 1977-80)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Bob Warner (1,304 from 1973-76)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Jim Stephenson (54 points as senior vs. Colby on 3/3/69)

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Jim Stephenson (54 vs. Colby, Maine)
March 3, 1969 (senior/23.8 ppg)

1

2

Total

Maine

46

63

109

Colby

41

46

87

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Stephenson

22-38

10-10

54

Campbell

7-12

12-17

26

Stanley

1-8

1-1

3

Todd

4-11

4-4

12

Chandler

2-7

0-0

4

Blake

0-0

0-0

0

Hanson

1-2

2-3

4

Vickery

0-1

0-0

0

McGuire

0-3

0-0

0

Lee

0-3

0-0

0

Wolford

1-1

0-0

2

Rioux

0-1

2-2

2

Dobbs

1-1

0-0

2

Totals

39-88

31-37

109

Percentages

.443

.838

Colby

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Demers

3-15

1-2

7

Dworkin

3-12

0-2

6

Bogle

1-6

5-8

7

Reinhardt

11-28

8-8

30

Stead

2-3

2-2

6

Jordan

10-17

3-4

23

McCallum

3-9

0-1

6

Bunting

1-2

0-0

2

Lane

0-1

0-0

0

Hiler

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

34-93

19-27

87

Percentages

.366

.704

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

George Huntington

1

1905

7-9

.438

1905

7-9

George Owen

1

1906

10-4

.714

1906

10-4

John T. Phelan

2

1907-08

12-9

.571

1907

7-4

John H. Neary

2

1909-10

13-7

.650

1909

7-3

O.E. Mueller

1

1920

5-2

.714

1920

5-2

James M. Baldwin

1

1921

7-6

.538

1921

7-6

Howard W. Flack

2

1922-23

18-14

.563

1922

9-6

Joseph T. Murphy

2

1924-25

13-16

.448

1924

9-6

Fred Brice

4

1926-29

14-31

.311

1926

5-7

William Kenyon

8

1936-42, 1945

33-51

.393

1939

8-4

Samuel Sezak

2

1943-44

13-12

.520

1943

9-6

George "Eck" Allen

4

1946-49

34-33

.507

1946

10-4

Rome Rankin

5

1950-54

38-53

.418

1950

13-6

Russell DeVette

1

1955

4-13

.235

1955

4-13

Harold Woodbury

3

1956-58

20-38

.345

1958

8-12

Brian McCall

10

1959-68

120-108

.526

1960

19-4

Gil Philbrick

3

1969-71

25-46

.352

1969

10-13

Tom "Skip" Chappelle

17

1972-88

217-226

.490

1978

17-8

Rudy Keeling

8

1989-96

106-122

.465

1994

20-9

John Giannini

8

1997-2004

125-111

.530

2000

24-7

Ted Woodward

7

2005-11

88-119

.425

2010

19-11

  • All-Time W-L Record: 942-1,035 (.476) from 1905 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Maine moved up to major-college status in 1962
  • The sport was suspended twice because of facility problems (from 1910-11 through 1916-17 and 1929-30 through 1934-35)
  • Maine did not have a coach in 1917-18 when it won its only game.