Former football coach to receive prestigious award, media report
The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, WGME (Channel 13 in Portland), WVII (Channel 7) and WABI (Channel 5) reported former University of Maine football coach Jack Cosgrove will be honored next week at the New England Football Writers Association’s annual banquet. Cosgrove, who is now the senior associate athletic director at UMaine, is receiving the George C. Carens Award for lifetime contributions to football in New England. During his 23 years as coach of the Black Bears, Cosgrove earned 123 wins, the most in UMaine history, and guided his teams to three conference championships and five NCAA playoff appearances. “I’m grateful, thankful, honored; all of the above,” Cosgrove told the BDN.