Dick McGee

McGee began his coaching career at Winslow High School. He then spent nine seasons as the head football coach at Lawrence High School in Fairfield, Maine.^[3] He also co-founded Fairfield's Police Athletic League and served as its director from 1959 until 2013.^[1] In 1964, he was named coach of the year by the Maine High School Coaches Association.^[3] From 1965 to 1967, he was an assistant football and head lacrosse coach at Bowdoin College.^[4]

In 1967, McGee was named head football coach at Colby College.^[3] In twelve seasons under McGee, Colby went 29–66–1.^[4] His 1972 team went 7–1, which was the most wins in a season in Colby football history.^[5] Their 222 points was the most a Colby team had scored in season since the 1914 Mules team that came close to beating Navy.^[4]

McGee became Colby's acting athletic director in July 1974 after John Winkin resigned to become the head baseball coach at Maine.^[6] He was named AD and chairman of the physical education department the following May.^[7] He continued to serve as football coach until 1979, when his increased administrative work caused him to give up coaching.^[4] He stepped down as AD in 1987, but remained with the school as a professor of physical education until 1998.^[1]

McGee married Shirley Harriet Marcia of Fairfield, Maine in 1956. They had four children. McGee died on February 26, 2015.^[1] In 2019, Colby named its head football coaching position the Dick McGee Head Coach for Colby Football.^[5]