Mike reported last week: >I didn't see it, but there was apparently an article in the Boston Herald >a few days ago regarding the job of head coach at UMass-Amherst which is to >be filled very soon. UMass intends to start play next season and join >Hockey East in about 2.5 years. A friend who saw the article said that two >of the (many) people mentioned as having applied for the job are former Bruin >Don Awrey and former RPI coach Mike Addesa. A friend in Boston mailed me the clipping from the Herald "UMass Field Wide Open" (5 January) and it arrived today. It made for interesting lunchtime reading; for anyone who cares, here's an expanded list of people mentioned in the article as having applied or "under consideration" for the job: Terry Meagher Current Bowdoin head coach; ex-BU under Parker Paul Fenton Ex-Winnipeg (NHL) Jet; Sprngfld (MA) native; ex-BU under Parker Don Awrey Ex-Boston (NHL) Bruin Mike McShane Current PC head coach; former SLU head coach; ex-UNH under Holt Mike Addesa Current Detroit (NHL) scout; former Holy Cross (DivIII) head coach; former RPI head coach [1 NCAA title - 1985] Buddy Powers Current RPI head coach; Hyde Park (MA) native Val Belmonte Former Harvard asst. coach; former UIC head coach Dennis Gendron Current Maine asst. coach Jay Leach Current Sprngfld Indians (AHL) head coach; former Maine asst. coach; former Hartford (NHL) asst. coach Brian Durocher Current Brown asst. coach; Sprngfld native; ex-BU under Parker Bill Hanson Current Catholic Memorial (MA) head coach; career mark of 240-56-13; won 6 of last 7 Mass. State Hockey Titles Frank Anzalone Former LSSU head coach [1 NCAA title - 1988]; ex-UNH under Holt G. Gwozdecky Current Miami (Ohio) head coach Joe Mallen Current BC asst. coach; former UMass-Boston head coach [1 ECAC DivIII title - 1983] Jim Madigan Current N'Eastern asst. coach >The stringent requirements listed for the job appear to work against Awrey >and, I suspect, many of the other applicants. UMass wants someone with a >bachelor's degree and with the "demonstrated ability to develop and >administer a Division I program" (from the ad published by UMass). The article noted that 8-10 candidates would undergo on-campus interviews this month, after which the field would be narrowed to 3 finalists by the search committee for submission to the Board of Regents; the final selection is to be announced near the end of the current hockey season in mid-March. Jim Go Blue !! Beat them Hounds !!