Northeastern University Head Men's Basketball Coach Bill Coen has announced staff changes for the upcoming 2010-11 season. Tom Murphy has been named the coordinator of basketball advancement, Pat Duquette has been named the associate head coach and Brian McDonald has been named the student assistant coach. They join assistant coaches Jim McCarthy and Antonio Reynolds-Dean and director of basketball operations Steve Scalzi under Coen's leadership.

"This skilled and diverse coaching staff has the potential to be one of the best in the country," said Coen. "This group of coaches has years upon years of tremendous experience, which will help our student-athletes grow as players on the court and as students in the classroom. They will be able to provide them the best possible student-athlete experience."

Murphy, who previously served as the team's associate head coach, will be responsible for mentoring the coaching staff and student-athletes, practice planning, game strategies and scout preparation. In addition, Murphy will continue to keep in contact with Northeastern basketball supporters and alumni in order to aid in the program's development. Before coming to Northeastern, Murphy was a New York coaching legend, spending 34 seasons as head coach at Hamilton, where he coached Coen for four years and had him on staff as assistant coach for two seasons. Murphy had a 602-263 record at Hamilton, leading the Continentals to 30 postseason berths and 16 seasons of 20 wins or more.

Duquette joins Northeastern after 13 seasons on the Boston College coaching staff. He arrived at BC as head coach Al Skinner's administrative assistant in 1997, was promoted to assistant coach in 2001 and was promoted again to associate head coach in 2009. Duquette is now reunited with Coen, as the pair served together under Skinner from 1997 until Coen's departure for Northeastern in 2006. In his 13 seasons at BC, Duquette played a key role in the Eagles' success. A highly-regarded recruiter who is also respected for his strategic insights, Duquette helped lead BC to postseason berths in eight of the last 10 seasons, including three Big East regular season titles and one Big East Tournament championship. In total, Duquette has 18 years of collegiate coaching experience. He also served as assistant coach at St. Michael's College, St. Lawrence University and Centenary College. Duquette graduated from Williams in 1993 and earned his master's degree from St. Michael's in 1997.

McDonald remains with the Huskies after four seasons on the floor as a player. McDonald, a native of Southbury, Conn., walked onto the team in 2006 and quickly gained the admiration of his coaches and fellow players for his hard work, determination and commitment to personal development. He will help mentor the student-athletes, much like he had done while on the court as a student-athlete himself. McDonald appeared in 38 career games for the Huskies and helped lead the team to back-to-back postseason appearances in 2009 and 2010. He was a CAA All-Academic honorable mention in 2010 and was named one of Northeastern's 100 Most Influential Seniors. He earned his bachelor's degree in New Venture Management & Finance from Northeastern in 2010 and is co-founder of an Internet company, Virtual Investments, LLC. He is currently pursuing his MBA at Northeastern.

Northeastern returns eight lettermen from last season's team that went 20-13 overall and 14-4 in the CAA. Coen is entering his fifth season as head coach of the Huskies and has a 66-62 career record.