A Boston College men’s basketball program that has spent the better part of two decades wandering in the wilderness has found its latest savior.

The Eagles named UConn assistant coach Luke Murray, son of actor Bill Murray, as its next head coach Thursday night. The soon-to-be 41-year-old has spent the last 16 years as an assistant coach for six different Division I programs, including the last five years on Dan Hurley’s Huskies staff, which won two national titles.

Murray replaces Earl Grant, who was fired earlier this month after five mostly unimpressive seasons that saw the Eagles compile a 72-92 record with zero NCAA Tournament trips.

“Today marks a turning point in Boston College men’s basketball,” Boston College athletic director Blake James said in a news release announcing the hire. “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.”

While this will be Murray’s first head-coaching gig, his last three assistant coaching stops have come at high-major programs in Xavier, Louisville and UConn. He was also an assistant at Wagner, Towson and Rhode Island following a graduate assistant role at Arizona in 2009-10.

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Murray coached under Chris Mack at both Xavier and Louisville, including a successful three-year run between 2015-18 that saw the Musketeers reach the NCAA Tournament three straight seasons. Murray followed Mack to Louisville and helped guide the 2018-19 team to an at-large bid in the tournament. The 2019-20 squad almost assuredly would’ve reached the tournament as well, but it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Murray played a significant role in crafting UConn’s offense during its recent run of success under Hurley. Now he’ll look to implement that same expertise at a Boston College program that hasn’t qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 17 seasons.

The Eagles’ last March Madness run came in 2009 — the second-to-last of Al Skinner’s 13 seasons as head coach. The program has cycled through three head coaches since Skinner left the program in 2010. Not one of those coaches posted a winning record during their BC tenures, as the Eagles have struggled to find their footing as one of the northernmost outposts of the ACC.

“I am deeply honored and incredibly grateful to lead the Boston College men’s basketball program,” Murray said in the release announcing his hire. “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.”