Robert A. "Bob" Pickett, 77, former University of Massachusetts football coach, administrator and broadcaster, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2010, at Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach, from injuries he sustained after being struck by a vehicle while walking.
Bob was born in Bangor, Maine, the son of Arthur and Gertrude Rice Pickett. He attended schools in Augusta, Maine, graduating from Cony High School in the class of 1952. He also attended Maine Central Institute in 1953.
He served with the Army from 1954 to 1956 in Europe. Bob then returned to graduate from the University of Maine, Orono, in 1959.
Coach Pickett also won four Yankee Conference championships and compiled a 36-28 record in six seasons as the University of Massachusetts head coach, from 1978 to 1983. He led the Minutemen to its first-ever Division 1-AA National Championship Pioneer Bowl title game in 1978. UMass lost to Florida A&M, 35-28, but Bob was honored as coach of the year by the Eastern College Athletic Conference.
Besides his loving wife, Sylvia (Amadei) Pickett, of Portland, he leaves three daughters, Robin and her husband, Bill Podolak, of Littleton, N.H., Deborah Pickett, of Marlborough, Mass., and Judith Pickett and Jerrard Whitten, of Newburyport, Mass.; three grandchildren, Paul, Alyssa and Jessica; and several nieces and nephews.
Interment will be at New Calvary Cemetery, South Portland. (Kennebec Journal 2/9/2010)
Bob was born in Bangor, Maine, the son of Arthur and Gertrude Rice Pickett. He attended schools in Augusta, Maine, graduating from Cony High School in the class of 1952. He also attended Maine Central Institute in 1953.
He served with the Army from 1954 to 1956 in Europe. Bob then returned to graduate from the University of Maine, Orono, in 1959.
Coach Pickett also won four Yankee Conference championships and compiled a 36-28 record in six seasons as the University of Massachusetts head coach, from 1978 to 1983. He led the Minutemen to its first-ever Division 1-AA National Championship Pioneer Bowl title game in 1978. UMass lost to Florida A&M, 35-28, but Bob was honored as coach of the year by the Eastern College Athletic Conference.
Besides his loving wife, Sylvia (Amadei) Pickett, of Portland, he leaves three daughters, Robin and her husband, Bill Podolak, of Littleton, N.H., Deborah Pickett, of Marlborough, Mass., and Judith Pickett and Jerrard Whitten, of Newburyport, Mass.; three grandchildren, Paul, Alyssa and Jessica; and several nieces and nephews.
Interment will be at New Calvary Cemetery, South Portland. (Kennebec Journal 2/9/2010)
Robert A. "Bob" Pickett, 77, former University of Massachusetts football coach, administrator and broadcaster, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2010, at Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach, from injuries he sustained after being struck by a vehicle while walking.
Bob was born in Bangor, Maine, the son of Arthur and Gertrude Rice Pickett. He attended schools in Augusta, Maine, graduating from Cony High School in the class of 1952. He also attended Maine Central Institute in 1953.
He served with the Army from 1954 to 1956 in Europe. Bob then returned to graduate from the University of Maine, Orono, in 1959.
Coach Pickett also won four Yankee Conference championships and compiled a 36-28 record in six seasons as the University of Massachusetts head coach, from 1978 to 1983. He led the Minutemen to its first-ever Division 1-AA National Championship Pioneer Bowl title game in 1978. UMass lost to Florida A&M, 35-28, but Bob was honored as coach of the year by the Eastern College Athletic Conference.
Besides his loving wife, Sylvia (Amadei) Pickett, of Portland, he leaves three daughters, Robin and her husband, Bill Podolak, of Littleton, N.H., Deborah Pickett, of Marlborough, Mass., and Judith Pickett and Jerrard Whitten, of Newburyport, Mass.; three grandchildren, Paul, Alyssa and Jessica; and several nieces and nephews.
Interment will be at New Calvary Cemetery, South Portland. (Kennebec Journal 2/9/2010)
Bob was born in Bangor, Maine, the son of Arthur and Gertrude Rice Pickett. He attended schools in Augusta, Maine, graduating from Cony High School in the class of 1952. He also attended Maine Central Institute in 1953.
He served with the Army from 1954 to 1956 in Europe. Bob then returned to graduate from the University of Maine, Orono, in 1959.
Coach Pickett also won four Yankee Conference championships and compiled a 36-28 record in six seasons as the University of Massachusetts head coach, from 1978 to 1983. He led the Minutemen to its first-ever Division 1-AA National Championship Pioneer Bowl title game in 1978. UMass lost to Florida A&M, 35-28, but Bob was honored as coach of the year by the Eastern College Athletic Conference.
Besides his loving wife, Sylvia (Amadei) Pickett, of Portland, he leaves three daughters, Robin and her husband, Bill Podolak, of Littleton, N.H., Deborah Pickett, of Marlborough, Mass., and Judith Pickett and Jerrard Whitten, of Newburyport, Mass.; three grandchildren, Paul, Alyssa and Jessica; and several nieces and nephews.
Interment will be at New Calvary Cemetery, South Portland. (Kennebec Journal 2/9/2010)
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