Northeastern University Athletics | Men's Basketball | Coen named New England Div. I Coach of the Year

Coen named New England Div. I Coach of the Year
Sept. 18, 2009
Boston, Mass.

Northeastern University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Bill Coen has been named the 2008-09 New England Division I Coach of the Year by the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. Coen will be honored Friday, Oct. 9 at the 2009 New England Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn.

Coen enjoyed his best season at Northeastern in 2008-09, completing his rebuild of the Huskies and taking them to new heights. After taking over as head coach in 2006-07, having lost 70 percent of the previous season’s scoring, Coen coached the Huskies to a .500 conference record. He did the same in 2007-08 after having lost 56 percent of his team’s scoring and working with a roster that had just four upperclassmen.

In 2008-09, Coen led Northeastern to a 19-13 record, 12-6 in the CAA. The Huskies picked up a signature win at Providence, and the experience of beating a BIG EAST team on the road propelled them to win at Indiana and hold the Hoosiers to their fewest point total ever at Assembly Hall. They followed by winning nine of their first 10 conference games en route to a third-place finish in the CAA. Northeastern ended the season by earning a bid to the College Basketball Invitational postseason tournament.

In the CBI, the Huskies traveled across the country to Wyoming for a first-round matchup and knocked off the Cowboys. The season ended in the quarterfinals at UTEP, but not before the Huskies had their first postseason win since 1984.

This season, Coen returns eight lettermen, including four starters. Northeastern opens the 2009-10 campaign Nov. 17 at Siena at noon in a game that will be televised on ESPN as part of the network’s second annual College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon.



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