51小黄车athletics director and coaches featured in local news stories

UNE's three new Athletics staff members were featured in stories on WCSH, WMTW, WABI, and in the Bangor Daily News and Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier following a press conference on Monday:  Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Jack McDonald, Men鈥檚 Ice Hockey Coach Kevin Swallow and Women鈥檚 Swimming Coach Rick Hayes.

During the press conference, they answered questions from the media and Athletics staff members about the experience they bring to the university and their plans to advance UNE鈥檚 athletic programs.

In an interview with WCSH, McDonald responded to questions about plans for a football team.  鈥淚 think we鈥檙e on schedule for 2017,鈥 McDonald said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e going to be working this summer to put together some job descriptions and some long term facility plans. So we鈥檙e on schedule. You get a little nervous but it鈥檚 definitely going to happen. We want to do it right so it helps what the mission of the University is.鈥