Walter Abbott (American football)
Walter H. Abbott is a former American football player and coach, college athletics administrator, and university professor. He served as the head football coach at the University of Maine from 1967 through 1975, compiling a record of a 27–53. His Maine Black Bears football team won a share of Yankee Conference championship in 1974. Abbott served two stints as interim athletic director at Maine, from 1991 to 1992 and again from 1994 to 1995. He also was a member of the university's faculty until his retirement in 2010. Walt is well known for creating and instructing the popular Outdoor Leadership course in which he introduced thousands of students to the beauty, ruggedness and adventure to be found in the state of Maine.
