Following a tremendous playing career at Aroostook State Teachers College, Hanson began his coaching career at Higgins Classical Institute before returning to his alma mater, leading the Foxcroft Academy Ponies to an undefeated season in 1975, capturing the Class B State Title. Skip’s teams won 107 games before he transitioned to administration, serving on multiple MPA Basketball Committees as an athletic director, principal, assistant superintendent, and superintendent before retiring in 2011.