Boston College’s basketball overhaul under Luke Murray has apparently reached a place most programs never touch: the radio booth.
Former Eagles radio analyst Kevin Collins said he and longtime play-by-play partner Josh Maurer were let go last month after 13 seasons together, and he believes the move came at Murray’s request. Boston College athletic director Blake James pushed back on that version Tuesday, saying the call was made by athletics administrators with the school’s MMR partner.
“The decision to not renew the contracts of our men's basketball radio announcers was made by Boston College Athletics administrators in consultation with our MMR partner,” James wrote in a statement to The Field of 68. “We wish both Kevin and Josh the best going forward.”
Collins told Awful Announcing that the pair’s exit came as part of a broader push to clear out anything tied to the previous era.
“He's a young head coach, no experience, and he's being given the power to take two guys' careers away from them who have done nothing but try to serve the program and promote the program,” Collins said.
The timing only sharpened the frustration. Collins said he and Maurer were not able to meet with Murray after he arrived in March, something he viewed as a warning sign.
“I was always told either Coach Murray is off recruiting, or we have an official visit today, and it's not a good day, we've got a lot going on,” Collins said.
According to Collins, the two were informed a few days before Aug. 1, a date that makes landing full-time work before the 2026-27 college basketball season a tougher climb. He said Boston College’s deputy athletic director delivered the news, and he later brought the matter to Craig Anderson, Boston College’s deputy athletic director and the program’s basketball administrator. Collins said there was resistance from Anderson, but that Murray’s desire for a total reset won out.
“The reasoning that I was given was that Coach Murray basically wants a whole new fresh coat of paint on the entire program and wants no remnants of the past around the program,” Collins said. “We have nothing to do with any of that.
But he wanted us removed. Didn't feel comfortable being around a link to the past, if you will.
My challenge was, well, how can he not feel comfortable around us? He hasn't even given us the chance to meet us.”
Murray came to Boston College after working on Dan Hurley’s staff at UConn, where Hurley described him last season as his offensive coordinator. That UConn attack, built around pick-and-pops and high rolls, helped power the Huskies to back-to-back national titles in 2023 and 2024.
Before that, Murray spent five seasons at mid-majors, then joined Xavier’s staff in 2015 and later worked at Louisville. His impact at UConn also stretched beyond the X’s and O’s. He was a key recruiter for several major Huskies players over the past five years, including Alex Karaban, Solo Ball, Cam Spencer, Liam McNeeley and Braylon Mullins.
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