Luke Murray, the son of actor Bill Murray, has been hired as Boston College’s new men’s basketball coach, the school announced Thursday.
Murray, who turns 41 on April 1, has been an assistant coach at the University of Connecticut since 2021. UConn won back-to-back national titles in 2023 and 2024, and faces Michigan State in the Sweet 16 of the 2026 NCAA Tournament on Friday.
The BC job is Murray’s first head coaching position after a series of assistant coaching roles at Louisville, Xavier, and other Division 1 schools. He was also part of UConn coach Dan Hurley’s staff when Hurley was head coach at Wagner and Rhode Island.
Murray is the 14th men’s basketball coach in BC history.
“I am deeply honored and incredibly grateful to lead the Boston College men’s basketball program,” Murray said in a released statement. “BC is a university with a prestigious academic reputation and a storied basketball tradition. Boston College alumni and fans will find our program defined by a standard of excellence, and our team will play an unselfish, tough, and highly competitive brand of basketball. I am excited to get to work to build this proud program.”
Murray replaces Earl Grant, who was fired March 8 after going 72-92 overall and 30-67 in the Atlantic Coast Conference since replacing Jim Christian in 2021.
According to his profile on UConn’s sports website, Murray played a key role in recruiting and mentoring players who were named first-team All-Big East for the national championship teams.
“Today marks a turning point in Boston College men’s basketball,” BC athletics director Blake James said. “In Luke Murray, we have found a leader who does not just understand the modern landscape of college basketball - he has helped define it. His role in building a national championship-caliber program, his sophisticated offensive vision, and his relentless pursuit of excellence make him the perfect fit to lead our student-athletes. We are thrilled to welcome Luke, his wife, Kara, and their family to the BC community.”
Murray graduated from Fairfield University in Connecticut in 2007.
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