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Quick hire — UMaine names offensive coordinator Nick Charlton new head coach

Nick Charlton, center, talks with UMaine quarterback Chris Ferguson, left, and Isaiah Robinson during a spring practice in April in Orono. Charlton, the Black Bears’ offensive cordinator last season, was named head coach on Friday, replacing Joe Harasymiak. (Kevin Bennett photo) The University of Maine, as it turns out, had its next football coach lined […]

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UPDATED — UMaine football coach Joe Harasymiak leaving for assistant job at Minnesota

Maine coach Joe Harasymiak coaches against Jacksonville State during the FCS playoffs earlier this month in Orono. (Portland Press Herald photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette) Joe Harasymiak took the University of Maine football team to new heights this fall. And now he’s moving on after three years as the Black Bears’ head coach. Harasymiak, 32, […]

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College football: Defense dominates in UMaine intrasquad scrimmage

ORONO — When outsiders talk about this year’s University of Maine football team, the conversation invariably begins with the defense – and how good it can be. After Monday afternoon’s intrasquad scrimmage at Alfond Stadium, it’s easy to see why. The defense, nicknamed “The Black Hole,” was dominating at times when the first units were on […]

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UMaine names Joe Harasymiak as Black Bears football coach

The University of Maine announced that Joe Harasymiak will be the next football head coach, according to a university statement. Harasymiak was named interim head coach when Jack Cosgrove stepped down in November. “I am extremely excited and honored to be chosen as the next head football coach here at the University of Maine,” said […]