Dick Meader

Head Coach (Men's Basketball, Baseball)

A coach for more than 30 years, Dick Meader has been at the helm of the University Maine at Farmington's men's basketball and baseball programs since 1993. Prior to coming to Farmington, he served 17 years as the head men's basketball coach at Thomas College. 

A 1968 graduate of Farmington State College (now University of Maine at Farmington), Meader played four years of basketball and baseball while earning a degree in secondary education. He went on to earn a Master's degree from the University of Maine while serving as an assistant basketball coach.  He was later inducted into the UMF Athletics Hall of Fame for his playing and coaching achievements. He has also seen several of his players continue move onto coaching careers of through the high school and college ranks in Maine.

Meader has also co-owned the Pine Tree Basketball Camp, Inc.,  held each summer on the Colby College campus. The summer of 2008 marked the 35th year of teaching basketball to boys throughout the state of Maine.

Meader has coached three All-Americans, three Academic All-Americans and has been named Basketball or Baseball Coach of the Year nine times by his peers.

He is married to Betty-Jane Meader and they have two sons, Lance and Daren. Lance and Daren both played basketball for and graduated from UMF.

Coach Meader can be reached by e-mail at meader@maine.edu or by phone at 207-778-7148.

University of Maine at Farmington Athletics Department
Dearborn Gymnasium
163 High Street
Farmington, ME 04938
(207) 778-7147/(207) 778-7000 TDD
umfsportsinfo@maine.edu