David McLaughlin enters his third season as Associate Head Coach of the Northeastern men's basketball team. McLaughlin came to Huntington Avenue following a successful run as head coach at Stonehill College, where he amassed the most wins in program history.
In his second year at Northeastern, McLaughlin helped the Huskies turn an 11-21 record during the 2013-14 season into a share of the CAA regular season title and a first ever CAA tournament championship title in 2014-15. The Huskies also made their return to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 24 years. Northeastern finished 23-12 on the season, playing in a school record 35 games.Â
McLaughlin, a two-time Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10) and NABC Northeast District Coach of the Year at Stonehill, was the men's basketball program's all-time wins leader with 189 over nine seasons. He re-established the Skyhawks as a conference and regional power with a 189-99 (.656) overall record, including a 135-80 (.630) mark in NE-10 play. McLaughlin guided Stonehill to six 20 win seasons, including a program-record 27 victories during the team's 2005-06 NCAA Division II national semifinal run; five NCAA tournament bids, including a school-record four-straight bids from 2008 to 2012; two east regional championships; the program's first NE-10 tournament championship since 1989; and the NE-10 regular season title in 2009-10.
McLaughlin oversaw a program that produced 14 All-NE-10 Conference performers, including three first-team selections. He also mentored a two-time Capital One Academic All-District honoree, as well as a player who received the NCAA Elite 89 Award for having the highest cumulative grade point average among the teams competing at the 2012 Division II Elite Eight.
He produced three-straight NE-10 Defensive Players of the Year to highlight the program's regular place atop the NE-10 and NCAA Division II defensive charts. Three Skyhawks earned NE-10 All-Rookie Team status during his tenure.
McLaughlin was named Stonehill's interim head coach in January 2004 after three and a half seasons as an assistant coach, and was elevated to the full-time position later that year. In his first full season at the helm, he guided the team to a 20-8 finish in 2004-05.
Prior to Stonehill, McLaughlin served as an assistant coach at Wesleyan University for two seasons. He also spent time on the Suffolk University staff and was the head coach of the gold-medal-winning Northeast entry of the 1999 Bay State Games. McLaughlin served as a head coach at the Collegiate Basketball Invitational for four years, coaching top Division II senior players.
McLaughlin was a four-year letterwinner at Colby College, graduating in 1997 with a degree in history and going on to earn his Master of Education from Suffolk in 1999. In May 2000, McLaughlin earned partial certification from the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the NSCA.
