Men's Hockey
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
- Email:
- mens.icehockey@bc.edu
- Phone:
- 552-3028
Former Boston College captain Brendan Buckley enters his fifth season on the BC coaching staff in 2022-23. Buckley was elevated to the position of Associate Head Coach following the 2020-21 campaign. He has helped guide the Eagles to the No. 1 seed in Hockey East in two of the last three seasons.
During that span, Buckley has guided several players to national recognition. In 2020, Alex Newhook became the first player in program history to win the Tim Taylor Award as the Division I National Rookie of the Year. Matt Boldy (First Team), David Cotton (Second Team), Drew Helleson (Second Team) and Jack McBain (Second Team) have also been named All-Americans during Buckley’s tenure.
As a student-athlete, Buckley was a standout defenseman for the Eagles after coming in as part of the first class recruited by Jerry York. He was named assistant captain in 1998 before donning the “C” for the Eagles in 1999.
Buckley played 158 career games as an Eagle, helping the program to back-to-back Hockey East titles and Frozen Four appearances in 1998 and 1999.
Buckley’s previous coaching experience came at UConn, where he served as an assistant coach for three seasons for former BC assistant Mike Cavanaugh. With the Huskies, he focused on recruiting and coaching the defensemen.
Buckley was selected by the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the fifth round of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. He enjoyed a 12-year professional playing career spanning over 550 games in the American Hockey League (AHL) and in Europe.
A tremendous leader on and off the ice, Buckley served as a captain or assistant captain for four different organizations. He spent four seasons with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, where he was named the 2003 Defenseman of the Year.
After retiring from professional hockey in 2011, Buckley joined Buckley Sports Management where he served as Vice President and Director of Recruiting before joining Cavanaugh’s staff in July of 2015.
Buckley graduated from Boston College’s Carroll School of Management in 1999.
