Boston College allegedly fired its longtime men’s basketball radio broadcasters because new head coach Luke Murray didn’t want to keep anyone around that was connected to the previous coaching staff.
Kevin Collins and Josh Maurer had called games together for nine years, with Collins being in the role for 13 seasons.
Collins told Awful Announcing that Murray, who was previously an assistant at Louisville, had them axed.
Here is an excerpt from Awful Announcing:
Kevin Collins and Josh Maurer had called Boston College basketball together for nine years, with Collins in the booth for 13 seasons total across three head coaches and five athletic directors, and both learned just days before Aug. 1 that they weren’t being retained, leaving them little runway to find another full-season broadcasting job elsewhere this year.
“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 told Awful Announcing in a phone interview of the first-year Eagles’ head coach.
Boston College sent the following statement to The Field of 68 after the Awful Announcing article came out:
Statement from BC athletic director Blake James to @TheFieldOf68:
““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. We wish both Kevin and Josh the best… https://t.co/8kY7cKlXHy
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) August 4, 2026
