Career
Umile has held the post since 1990-1991 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 nper National Collegiate Athletic Association rules) and started playing for the Wildcats" as a Forward under legendary UNH coach Charlie Holt. 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 1990-1991 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.
The Wildcats advanced to the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament for the first time in a decade. New Hampshire would continue to perform strongly under Umile and made it back to the title tilt four years later but were downed by Minnesota 5-1 in 2003.
Over the course of his 24 years at the helm, Umile has coached the Wildcats to 22 winning seasons, with twenty of them having at least 20 wins.
He hold the school record for most statistical categories including Frozen Four appearances (4), National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament appearances (18), consecutive tournament appearances (10), and Conference Regular Season Titles (7), and is the only coach in school history to provide conference tournament titles (2002 and 2003). † Maine was required to forfeit 13 games after the conclusion of the season and subsequently dropped from 1st place to 3rd, though they are still considered league champions for the year.
