The evaluation is delaying Bates’ arraignment on charges including assault, resisting arrest and theft of services.
Umaine football
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 […]
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, […]
UMaine football adds four players on first day of early signing period
Vinnie Pasquali of Portland High School tackles West running back Jack True of Yarmouth in the fourth quarter of the Maine Shriners Lobster Bowl Classic in July. (Portland Press Herald photo by Derek Davis) With the University of Maine playing deep into the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs for the first time in school history, coach […]
Eastern Washington ends UMaine’s dream season in FCS semifinals
Eric Barriere throws seven touchdown passes as Eagles rout Black Bears 50-19.
Tight ends Drew Belcher, Julian Dunn vital parts of UMaine offense
Maine tight end Drew Belcher celebrates a first down against New Hampshire during the season opener in August in Orono. (Portland Press Herald photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette) ORONO — In Joe Harasymiak’s first season as Maine’s head football coach, tight ends were an afterthought. Three players combined to catch four passes for a paltry […]
"Bad man in the best way possible" — Joe Harasymiak leading UMaine to new heights
ORONO — In the moments after the University of Maine football team defeated Weber State to advance to national semifinals for the first time in program history, the Black Bears’ head coach stood among his players in a crowded locker room. His voice cracking with emotion, he ended his postgame speech by saying, “I’ve got […]
UMaine’s defensive backfield an overlooked part of stout defense
Maine’s Manny Patterson is part of a defensive backfield that has 17 interceptions this season, including four last week in the FCS quarterfinals against Weber State at Stewart Stadium in Ogden, Utah. (Ogden Standard Examiner photo by Matt Herp) ORONO — The front seven of the University of Maine’s defense has earned its share of […]