Northeastern University Athletics

• All-time winningest coach in Northeastern men's basketball history (299 wins)
• 2018 CAA Coach of the Year
• 2010 and 2013 USBWA District I Coach of the Year
• 2013 Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year Finalist
• 2013 and 2018 NABC District 10 Coach of the Year
• All-time winningest coach in CAA history (regular season + postseason) with 197 wins

• Bill Coen Year-by-Year Record

Bill Coen is the all-time winningest coach in Northeastern and CAA basketball history, and has led the Huskies to four regular-season championships since 2006 and two NCAA tournaments since 2015. Coen has recruited some of the most talented players across the globe, including 28 players that have gone on to play professional basketball.

Coen owns the all-time CAA record with 19 tournament wins and 197 regular season and postseason victories. The Huskies are an impressive 13-9 (.591) in the CAA tournament since 2015, and have advanced to the CAA quarterfinals in all but two of Coen's 19 seasons at the helm.

The Huskies lead the conference with 178 league wins since Coen's arrival in 2005-06, and produced 35 All-CAA first team selections and nine All-Rookie accolades. Northeastern became the fifth program in CAA history to make three consecutive trips to the championship game in 2018, 2019 and 2020, and have advanced to the semifinals in four of the last eight seasons.

NCAA TOURNAMENTS

• 2015: The Huskies captured their first-ever CAA tournament championship, defeating No. 1 seed William & Mary, 71-60 in Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Md., and Quincy Ford earned Most Valuable Player. Northeastern took on No. 9 Notre Dame in the first round of the NCAA tournament, and the Huskies had the ball in the final seconds with a change to tie or take the lead, but turned it over with two seconds left as the Irish held on to defeat NU, 69-65, in Pittsburgh inside the CONSOL Energy Center.
• 2019: After falling in overtime in the 2018 CAA title game, the Huskies rebounded by defeating the top seed Hofstra in the CAA championship game, 82-74, behind a tremendous performance from tournament MVP Vasa Pusica. The Huskies drew No. 17 Kansas in the opening round out in Salt Lake City, Utah, falling 87-53.

CAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
The Huskies lead the conference with five championship game appearances since 2013. Northeastern made three straight title games from 2018-20, and advanced to the semifinal round nine times.

BOSTON CONNECTIONS
Coen has built a reputation for success in the Boston area. He came to Northeastern after spending nine seasons coaching at Boston College. A longtime member of head coach Al Skinner’s staff, Coen served four years as an assistant coach before being promoted to the role of associate head coach in May 2001.

During Coen’s nine years at Boston College, the Eagles posted a 175-108 (.618) overall record and enjoyed six postseason berths, while winning three Big East regular season crowns. In 2000-01, the Eagles went 27-5 and defeated Pittsburgh to take home the school’s first-ever Big East Tournament Championship. Between 2000-01 and 2005-06, the Eagles posted the most victories in any six-year span in school history. BC entered the ACC in 2005-06, and made a run to their first NCAA Sweet 16 since the 1991 season in 2006, falling to Villanova in a thrilling overtime game, 60-59.

RHODE ISLAND
Prior to his arrival in Boston, Coen worked under Skinner for eight seasons at the University of Rhode Island, six as an assistant coach and two as a graduate assistant. During that time, the Rams enjoyed four seasons of postseason play, heading to the NCAA Tournament in 1993 and 1997, while receiving NIT bids in 1992 and 1996. Combined, the Rams’ postseason record while Coen was on staff was 5-4. In 1991, Coen received his MBA from Rhode Island.

UNDERGRADUATE WORK
A 1983 graduate of Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., Coen played four years for the Continentals, winning three ECAC Championships. As a senior, he served as team captain and led Hamilton to a national ranking.

After graduation, Coen spent three years working in the computer software industry, before accepting his first coaching position at Canajoharie (N.Y.) High School. In his one year as head coach, he led the school to a 19-3 mark and was named Coach of the Year. The following year, he returned to his alma mater and served two seasons as assistant varsity coach and head junior varsity coach. During his tenure, Hamilton compiled a 38-10 mark.

Coen is an active member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and resides in Charlestown.


Bill Coen Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall	Pct.	Conf. (finish)	Pct.	Postseason
2006-07	13-19	.406	9-9 (T-5th)	.500	CAA quarterfinals
2007-08	14-17	.452	9-9 (T-6th)	.500	CAA quarterfinals
2008-09	19-13	.594	12-6 (T-3rd)	.667	CAA quarterfinals; CBI quarterfinals
2009-10	20-13	.606	14-4 (2nd)	.778	CAA semifinals; NIT first round
2010-11	11-20	.355	6-12 (T-9th)	.333	CAA first round
2011-12	14-17	.452	9-9 (7th)	.500	CAA quarterfinals
2012-13	20-13	.606	14-4 (1st)	.778	CAA runner-up; NIT first round
2013-14	11-21	.344	7-9 (5th)	.438	CAA semifinals
2014-15	23-12	.657	12-6 (T-1st)	.667	CAA champions; NCAA tournament
2015-16	18-15	.545	9-9 (6th)	.500	CAA semifinals
2016-17	15-16	.484	8-10 (6th)	.444	CAA quarterfinals
2017-18	23-10	.697	14-4 (T-1st)	.778	CAA runner-up
2018-19	23-11	.676	14-4 (2nd)	.778	CAA champions; NCAA tournament
2019-20	17-16	.515	9-9 (T-6th)	.500	CAA runner-up; NCAA canceled postseason
2020-21	10-9	.526	8-2 (T-1st)	.800	CAA semifinals
2021-22	9-22	.290	2-16 (10th)	.111	CAA quarterfinals
2022-23	10-20	.333	6-12 (t-9th)	.333	CAA quarterfinals
2023-24	12-20	.375	7-11 (10th)	.389	CAA second round
2024-25	17-15	.531	9-9 (t-7th)	.500	CAA second round
TOTAL	299-299	.500	178-154 (CAA)	.536	4 regular-season titles, 2 tournament championships