Dick Meader
Men's Basketball/Baseball Head Coach

A coach for more than 30 years, Dick Meader is in his 16th season at the helm of the University Maine at Farmington's men's basketball and baseball programs. Prior to this, he served 17 years as the head basketball coach at Thomas College. 

A 1968 graduate of Farmington State College (now UMF), 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 their own 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 2007 marked the 34th 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.