Bill Coen (born May 3, 1961)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Northeastern Huskies
Current conference: Colonial Athletic Association (CAA)
Northeastern record: 270-264 (.506)
Overall record: 270-264 (.506)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (2015, 2019)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2010, 2013)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2009)
- CAA Regular Season Champion: 4 (2013, 2015, 2018, 2021)
- CAA Tournament Champion: 2 (2015, 2019)
Awards:
- CAA Coach of the Year: 1 (2018)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2006-present | Northeastern |
| 2001-2006 | Boston College (assoc. HC) |
| 1997-2001 | Boston College (asst) |
| 1991-1997 | Rhode Island (asst) |
| 1989-1991 | Rhode Island (grad. asst) |
| 1987-1989 | Hamilton (asst) |
Bill Coen Facts
- William Coen
- Born May 3, 1961
- Hometown: Long Island, New York
- Alma Mater: Hamilton College (BA, 1983) / University of Rhode Island (MBA, 1991)
- First coaching position was at Canajoharie HS (NY), where he went 19-3 in his only season
- Returned to his alma mater – D-III Hamilton in Clinton, NY – as an assistant coach under Tom Murphy in 1987
- Also served as the junior varsity head coach during his two years on the staff, going 38-10 overall
- Joined Al Skinner‘s staff as a graduate assistant at Rhode Island in 1989, completing his MBA and getting promoted two full-time assistant two years later
- Followed Skinner to Boston College in 1997, spending four seasons as an assistant and five as associate head coach
- Left BC to take the head coaching position at Northeastern in 2006
- During his tenure at NU, the Huskies have been to two NCAA Tournaments, two NITs and one CBI
Bill Coen Coaching Tree
- Chaisson Allen (Wisconsin Herd)
- Pat Duquette (UMass Lowell)
- Chris Markwood (Maine)
- David McLaughlin (Dartmouth)
