Todd Townsend Assistant Coach First season at NU: 2007-08 Alma Mater: Marquette ’05

Men's Basketball 2007-08 •TEAM PAGE | ROSTER | SCHEDULE | TEAM STATS

Todd Townsend comes to Northeastern from Marquette, where he most recently served as the Director of Basketball Operations after playing on the Golden Eagles’ Final Four team in 2003. As an assistant under Tom Crean, Townsend was part of a Marquette coaching staff that guided the Golden Eagles to two-straight NCAA appearances, a 20-12 BIG EAST conference record and a combined overall mark of 44-21 in consecutive 20-win seasons. Townsend served as the director of Marquette’s basketball camps and organized the team’s community service and outreach activities in addition to monitoring the academic success of the student-athletes. Marquette won 91 games during Townsend’s four seasons as a player, as he received the Hank Raymonds Sportsmanship award, the Most Improved Player award and was a two-time Bart Miller Standard of Excellence award recipient. Townsend played 114 games for Marquette and started all 33 games during the team’s Final Four run in 2003. He captained the Golden Eagles his senior season in 2005. Townsend graduated from Marquette in May of 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in Communications Studies. As an undergraduate, he was a Boys and Girls club volunteer, an NCAA Leadership Conference participant and a Student Athlete Advisory Council representative.