Dick Whitmore
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Portland, Maine, U.S.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 10, 1943 Portland, Maine, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1962–1965 | Bowdoin |
| Position | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1965–1968 | Hall-Dale HS (ME) (freshman/JV) |
| 1968–1970 | Morse HS (ME) |
| 1970–2011 | Colby |
| 2014 | Thomas (ME) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1987–2002 | Colby |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 648–356 |
Richard L. Whitmore Jr. (January 10, 1943) is an American former basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Colby College from 1970 to 2011 and Thomas College in 2014. He was also Colby's athletic director from 1987 to 2002.
Whitmore was born in Portland, Maine, where his father, Dick Sr., was the basketball coach at Cheverus High School. Whitmore played for his father at Archbishop Williams High School in Braintree, Massachusetts and averaged 20 points per game as a senior.[1] He attended Bowdoin College, where he led the team in scoring and rebounding in all three of his varsity seasons.[2] In 1963, he helped lead the Polar Bears to their first Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association title. He finished his career with the most rebounds (622) and second most points (1,028) in school history.[2] He graduated from Bowdoin 1965 with a degree in Latin.[3]