Plymouth State University

TIM LAVALLEE ('67):  A former four-year veteran and two-year captain of the Plymouth State ski team, Tim LaVallee has enjoyed a distinguished coaching career in ski racing.  He has been successful at the high school level in Bethel and Oxford Hills, Maine; the college level at the University of Colorado and Bates College; the prep school level at Gould Academy; and the national level with the United States Ski Team from 1983-87.

A native of Winthrop, Maine, LaVallee led Telstar to four Maine state championships and one New England title in the 1970s, and Oxford Hills to the state title in 1979.  He served the US Ski Team in Park City, Utah in the 1980s as Development Coach, Alpine Team Technical Director, and Executive Director of the US Ski Coaches Association.  He coached at the University of Colorado, where his teams compiled a 113-24-1 record while producing some of the country’s top skiers.

LaVallee returned to Maine in 1990 as head ski coach at Bates College.  In 1994, he joined in a partnership between Gould Academy and Sunday River to create a comprehensive ski program that has succeeded at all levels, winning six New England Prep School Championships from 1998-07 and sending several skiers to the US Ski Team.  LaVallee was inducted into the Maine Ski Hall of Fame in 2008.