Former Boston College assistant Preston Murphy has been hired as an assistant coach with the Creighton Men’s Basketball program, head coach Greg McDermott announced today.

Murphy spent last season as an assistant coach with Boston College, where he had previously been the program’s director of operations from 2006-10.

Prior to his return to BC, Murphy spent four years at his alma mater, the University of Rhode Island. Murphy was an assistant coach with the Rams from 2010-14 before being promoted to the role of associate head coach in the spring of 2014.

His first coaching job came at Woonsocket High School in Rhode Island, where he was a head coach from 2003-06.

Murphy graduated from Rhode Island in 1999 with a degree in Finance. He scored 1,218 points for the Rams while playing in four straight postseasons, including a run to the Elite Eight in 1998. He ranks among URI’s all-time leaders in three-point percentage, assists and steals.

Upon his graduation, Murphy played three professional seasons in Belgium and Holland. He played with the Los Angeles Clippers in the Southern California Summer Pro League in the summer of 2002, and also played one season with the Magic Johnson All-Stars.

Murphy replaces Patrick Sellers on the Creighton staff after Sellers took a similar position at DePaul in May.

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