According to sources, UMass-Lowell's search committee has narrowed the
number of candidates for the head coaching position to two finalists:
 
 
Tim Whitehead, 35, an assistant at UML for the past 5 years.  Tim was an
assistant at Maine in 1990-91 and at Middlebury College from 1988-90.
 
Blaise MacDonald, 33, head coach at Niagara University.  Blaise is a
native of Billerica, MA (where UML's rink is), and was an assistant at BU
from 1990-95.  He was also an assistant at Lowell under Billy Riley from
1988-90.
 
 
Well over a dozen coaches applied or expressed interest in the job, but
the committee only seriously considered 6 candidates.  The committee will
interview both of the two remaining candidates once more before announce
their decision early next week.
 
 
   - Steve
 
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