Dan Kane

University of Maine at Presque Isle. Executive Director of Athletics and Recreation/Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Go Owls!

[Dan Kane @CoachDanKane]

@CoachLeo_ Get well soon coach!

[Dan Kane @CoachDanKane]

Happy Thanksgiving from UMPI men’s basketball. Volunteering during the day and team night at Coach’s at night.

[Dan Kane @CoachDanKane]

Thanks Coach Brathwaite for inviting me to speak at Capital Basketbal Academy at the ACC yesterday! Great bunch of young kids working hard and asking great questions.

[Dan Kane @CoachDanKane]

Congratulations Charlie, Gil, Myles, Logan, Brice, and Joe! Thank you for all your hard work, dedication, and fully buying into our program helping us take that next step to our first ever 20 win season and this year’s highest team GPA amongst men’s sports teams at UMPI! Go Owls!

[Dan Kane @CoachDanKane]

@davemchugh 8 years ago invested $5,000 into video/sound equipment that allows for live-streaming for free over YouTube that provides great video and allows for commentary. Keep D3 free to watch! College is expensive enough! Don’t nickel and dime families who support you!

[Dan Kane @CoachDanKane]

@D3Direct https://t.co/AIR0iMbhnb

[Dan Kane @CoachDanKane]

@D3Direct University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMPI) gives in state tuition to all Canadian students. For 2025-2026 that is $8,040 for tuition for the year if taking 30 credits ($268 per credit).

[Dan Kane @CoachDanKane]

@coachmaines @CoachKnight12 @UMPIMensBball 😂 thank you coach!

[Dan Kane @CoachDanKane]

Special group and special day. Sunday our team set the program record for wins in a season ending the regular season at 20-5 and @CoachKnight12 and I got our 100th career victory with @UMPIMensBball! Go Owls! #d3hoops #hoopdirt

[Vibes @Iwantkjdaily]

I am proud to have been coached by these two. They are amazing and they built a great program. Nothing makes me smile more than seeing their success both coaches and players . Happy 100th win and Amazing season. Now go win it all!

[The REFFAN 🏀 @highiqreffan]

Special Congratulations to Coach and AD, Dan Kane. 100 wins and leading the Owls to a 20 win season is freaking awesome! How he gets kids from Florida to go to school in "Gods Country" is remarkable to begin with...and them staying 4 years is equally remarkable!

[Dan Kane @CoachDanKane]

@Iwantkjdaily Thank you KJ! You, Griff, Parker and the rest of you helped build our program so we could get to this point. Miss having you up here! Go Owls!

[Dan Kane @CoachDanKane]

@HansonTodd @CoachKnight12 @UMPIMensBball Thank you Coach!

[Dan Kane @CoachDanKane]

@highiqreffan Thank you Reffan!

[Dan Kane @CoachDanKane]

@MikeMcSloy @CoachKnight12 @UMPIMensBball Thank you!

[Drew Rangers @GoDrewRangers]

McSloy Named https://t.co/58Al5xBxVa Division III Coach of the Week https://t.co/XHu7CSCslq

[Dan Kane @CoachDanKane]

@PassionOfHasson 😂

[Complex Sneakers @ComplexSneakers]

Cooper Flagg officially signs with @newbalance

[Dan Kane @CoachDanKane]

I don’t tweet much and this is an old one but one of the best videos out there, “where do you want them to be?”

[Teddy Mitrosilis @TMitrosilis]

Nick Saban got fired up.

It was December 2014. A reporter asked about defensive lineman D.J. Pettway: “How gratifying is it to you to see him make the most of his second chance?”

Saban launched into a speech every human needs to hear.

(Pettway, who was dismissed from Alabama a year prior, returned to the program and earned his degree.)

Here’s Saban on Second Chances:

“There’s always a lot of criticism out there when somebody does something wrong. Everybody wants to know, how are you gonna punish the guy?

“But there’s not enough, for 19 and 20 year old kids, people out there saying, why don’t you give them another chance.

“Guy makes a mistake. Where do you want him to be? Want him to be in the street? Or do you want him to be here graduating?

“Muhsin Muhammad played for me at Michigan State. Everybody in the school, every newspaper guy, everybody was killing the guy because he got in trouble and said there’s no way he should be on our team. I didn’t kick him off the team. I suspended him, I made him do stuff.

“He graduated from Michigan State. He played 15 years in the league. He’s the president of a company now. He has 7 children, and his oldest daughter goes to Princeton. So, who was right?

“I feel strong about this now. About all the criticism out there of every guy that’s 19 years old that makes a mistake and you all kill him. And then some people won’t stand up for him.

“So my question to you is, where do you want him to be?

“You want to condemn him to a life sentence? Or do you want the guy to have his children going to Princeton?”

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It’s an important message in a world filled with hate.

My takeaways:

1. Everyone makes mistakes. We just forget our own.

2. We tend to judge others who mess up. The better response is compassion.

3. Mistakes are teaching moments, first and foremost. Don’t waste that opportunity.

4. One mistake doesn’t (necessarily) make someone a bad person. Most people have the potential to learn, move on and do better.

5. That said, mistakes require accountability and carry consequences. You have to own them.

6. Second chances don’t guarantee third chances.

7. If you want to feel self-righteous, condemn someone. If you want to actually make a difference, love them.

8. The world needs more loving discipline.

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[Dan Kane @CoachDanKane]

Let’s go @_CoachCummings_ !!! #85Oneco

[Wheaton Lyons @wheatonlyons]

Cummings Named Wheaton Women's Basketball Coach https://t.co/IF9mDbWX5g #LetsGoWheat @wheaton @Siena_WBB @SienaSaints @masukhighschool