New Headline: Jared Dudley Soars: Eagles Show Strength as Prospective Stars Thrive Under His Guidance!

CHAPEL HILL, NC - JANUARY 25: Jared Dudley #3 of the Boston College Eagles celebrates after defeating the University of North Carolina Tar Heels during their game on January 25, 2006 at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Eagles defeated the Tar Heels 81-74. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) | Getty Images With the Earl Grant era officially over for Boston College Eagles Men’s Basketball, it now raises the most serious question moving forward: who is going to steer this ship straight?

Names are already being thrown around like t-shirts into a playoff crowd (let’s hope whoever is hired can get BC Basketball fans to experience that again). Based on a report by Adam Zagoria of NYTSports, Boston College has interviewed Eric Konkol, Eric Olen, Gerry McNamara, Jay Larranaga, and Joe Gallo. These names are intriguing, but a name that is also floating around is former Eagles star Jared Dudley.

Dudley, 40, retired from the NBA in August 2021. Immediately after retiring he joined the Dallas Mavericks as an assistant coach. Following his tenure as a coach with Dallas, in July 2025 he joined the Denver Nuggets as an assistant coach.

However, he’s widely known as being a former BC Eagle. Dudley is without a doubt one of the greatest Eagles basketball players of all time, considering he won ACC Player of the Year in 2007. As an Eagle, he averaged 15.