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Al Skinner

Head Coach
Al Skinner

Now in his 13th year as the head coach at Boston College, Al Skinner is first on the school�s win list with a 232-149 (.609) record ... named the 15th head coach in school history on April 17, 1997 ... directed the Eagles to NCAA berths in seven of the past nine years ... in Boston College�s first season in the ACC, 2005-06, the Eagles posted a school-record 28 wins, advanced to the finals of the ACC Tournament and to the �Sweet 16� of the NCAA Tournament ... has guided Boston College to 134 victories over the past six years - an average of 22.3 wins per season ... after leading the Eagles to a share of the Big East regular-season title in 2004-05, Skinner was awarded Big East Coach of the Year accolades ... Boston College opened the 2004-05 season with a school-record 20-0 start, also a school standard for consecutive victories ... after leading his 2000-01 squad to 27 wins and a NCAA Tournament seed (#3) in school history, Skinner was named the National Coach of the Year by Chevrolet/CBS, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News, Eastern Basketball and the USBWA, in addition to being named the Big East and NABC District I Coach of the Year the same year ... prior to his arrival in Chestnut Hill, Skinner served as the head coach at Rhode Island from 1989 to 1997 ... in nine seasons at Rhode Island, Skinner led the Rams to three 20-win seasons and four postseason appearances and was named the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year in 1992 ... Skinner served as assistant coach at Marist from 1982-84 and at Rhode Island from 1984-88.

Boston College Eagles

2008-09: 22-12 Overall, 9-7 ACC
Tied for 5th in ACC

2009-10 Preseason Pick: 9th in ACC

Preseason Information

Junior Forward
Joe Trapani

Eagle Edicts
Al Skinner, first on Boston College�s all-time win list with 232 victories in 12 seasons, returns four starters and three key reserves to the nest from a team that finished 22-12 overall and tied for 5th in the ACC with a 9-7 league mark ... a pre-season pick to finish 11th in the ACC after a 14-17 season in 2008, BC opened conference play with a 85-78 win over No. 1 North Carolina in Chapel Hill (J4) ... with five sophomores and a freshman playing key roles, the Eagles earned their seventh NCAA Tournament appearance in nine years ... sophomores accounted for more than 62 percent of the team�s scoring and 66 percent of the rebounding ... five players led the Eagles in scoring at least once in 2009, including Joe Trapani, who started all 34 games as a sophomore after transferring from Vermont ... Trapani led the team in rebounding (6.6), blocked shots (1.0) and double-doubles (6) and scored 10 or more points in 15 of his last 17 games and 27 times overall ...

Junior Guard
Rakim Sanders

Rakim Sanders shot .478 from the floor, averaging 14.6 ppg in ACC play and scored in double figures 21 times, including seven games with 20 or more points ... Corey Raji had 16 games with seven or more rebounds, finished fourth in the ACC in offensive rebounds (3.3) and was three points shy of becoming the fourth Eagle to average in double figures (9.9 ppg) ... over the last seven games of the season, Josh Southern made 21-of-33 (.636) from the floor and averaged 7.9 points and 5.4 rebounds per game ... Reggie Jackson scored in double figures 12 times and was fifth on the team and seventh among ACC freshmen in scoring (7.0) ... Biko Paris averaged 3.4 points and 1.7 assists in 12.4 minutes per game ... Tyrese Rice, the team�s lone senior, averaged a team-high 16.9 points and 5.3 assists per game and earned second-team All-ACC honors ... Rice finished fifth on the school career scoring chart with 2,099 points and third in assists with 594.