![]() In his 8 years working for the UMFK athletic department, Bird has served as athletic director, assistant athletic director, sports information director, and volleyball coach.Īs basketball coach he led the Bengal men to four USCAA tournament appearances including two final fours. “As I put in my response to the email where I was indirectly accused of stealing money, a thank you for raising over $11,000 this summer for the basketball program would have been suffice in this instance,” Bird said. ![]() and (from left, back row) Konstantions Koustas, Benson Arogbo, Nikola Vukosavovic, Joe McCloskey, coach Tom Bird, assistant coach Fletcher Brown, and Travis Harlin Jr. ![]() Celebrating are (from left, front row) Will White, Fred Sanchez, Devon Cyr, Bobby Syvanthong, Rosevelt Smith Jr. Some of his colleagues were questioned about the tournament funds, which proved embarrassing to him, he said Members of the University of Maine at Fort Kent men’s basketball team pose with a young fan after a win against the Machias Clippers at the UMFK Sport Center on Friday, Feb. The current UMFK budget does not provide funding for athletes to attend playoff games, although he suspects that will change, Bird said. But the decision came too late to save the final basketball game. īird filed a grievance with the Universities of Maine Professional Staff Association branch of the Maine Education Association - a union for university staff - over the incident and said he was ultimately provided clearance to travel without the booster shot. “There was actually a mother that was flying in from California to see her son’s last game but had to cancel the trip and obviously didn’t see the game because we didn’t go.”. “Because she wanted to hold a personal grudge and prove a point, she took it out on the students, which is so wrong,” Bird said. Hedeen not only prevented him from traveling to Fisher College in Boston to coach the game, which was the last-ever college basketball game for three senior student athletes, but also refused to allow another coach to take his place at the match-up, Bird said. “I was being coerced into getting the booster shot by the president among others at the University or threatened that I would not be traveling,” Bird said. ![]()
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