Tim O'Shea Named Ohio's Head Basketball Coach
Former Boston College Associate Head Coach to become Ohio's 15th Coach
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ATHENS, Ohio (March 29, 2001) -- Tim O'Shea, Associate Head Coach at Boston College for the past four seasons, has been named Ohio's head coach for men's basketball, Director of Athletics Thomas Boeh announced today.
In four seasons with the Eagles, O'Shea helped build his alma mater into the 2000-01 BIG EAST champions. BC finished 27-5 this season, earning a number-three seed for the NCAA East Regional after claiming both the regular season and tournament titles. Under O'Shea's leadership, the Eagles made a meteoric rise in the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), jumping from 211 to number five (2000-01) in two years.
A 1984 graduate of Boston College, O'Shea was a standout performer on some of the most successful teams in school history. He returned to his alma mater in the spring of 1997 after spending the previous nine years as Al Skinner's assistant at the University of Rhode Island.
At Rhode Island, O'Shea played a key role in the Rams' earning two NIT and two NCAA Tournament berths. Among his responsibilities were the coordination of national and international recruiting, and practice and game preparation.
O'Shea began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at URI. He went on to finish his master's degree at Boston College in 1986 while serving as the Eagles' graduate assistant.
In 1986, he earned his first full-time appointment as an assistant coach at Yale. He served two years at the Ivy League school before joining Skinner at Rhode Island.
An All-America player at Wayland (Mass.) High School, O'Shea enjoyed a stellar collegiate playing career at Boston College. The Eagles won two BIG EAST regular-season titles and earned four post-season tournament berths during his career. In his four years, BC twice advanced to the NCAA Tournament's "Sweet 16" and once to the tournament's "Elite Eight".
O'Shea and his wife, Elizabeth, have a 2-year-old daughter, Madeleine.
