Barron moving to new role in Athletic Department, media report
The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, WLBZ (Channel 2), WVII (Channel 7) and 92.9 FM The Ticket reported Richard Barron, currently on medical leave as the University of Maine women’s basketball coach, has been assigned a new role within the UMaine Athletic Department. For the next seven months, Barron will be a special assistant Karlton Creech, UMaine’s director of athletics. “We are grateful that Richard is able to return to work in an administrative capacity at this time,” Creech said in a news release. “Richard has many talents that will be able to support our community engagement efforts over the next few months to help grow the Alfond Fund and spread the positive message of UMaine athletics.” In July, Barron underwent successful craniotomy surgery in at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, the BDN reported.