Craig Luschenat
{{short description|American basketball player and coach}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Craig Luschenat
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| team = Boston Celtics
| position = Assistant coach
| league = NBA
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| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
| high_school = Andover High School (MA)
| college = Saint Joseph's College of Maine
| coach_start = 2018
| cyears1 = 2018–2022
| cteam1 = Maine Red Claws (assistant)
| cyears2 = 2022–2024
| cteam2 = Boston Celtics (player development coach)
| cyears3 = 2024–present
| cteam3 = Boston Celtics (assistant)
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Craig Luschenat is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Playing career
Luschenat played college basketball for the Saint Joseph's College of Maine Monks for four years at the NCAA Division III level.{{cite web|url=https://www.celticsblog.com/2024/5/19/24158651/boston-celtics-craig-luschenat-player-development-coach-maine-andover-saint-josephs-kaiser-gates|title=Craig Luschenat: a local product who climbed Boston’s ranks with hard work and meticulous coaching|date=May 19, 2024|work=CelticsBlog|access-date=October 2, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319141628/https://www.gomonks.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/roster|title=2014-15 Monks Men's Basketball Roster|date=March 19, 2016|work=Saint Joseph's College of Maine Athletics|access-date=October 2, 2024}}
Coaching career
=Maine Red Claws (2018-2022)=
Luschenat began his coaching career in 2018 as an assistant coach for the Maine Red Claws, the NBA G-League affiliate of the Boston Celtics.{{cite web|url=https://nbacoaches.com/craig-luschenat/|title=Craig Luschenat|date=September 27, 2024|work=National Basketball Coaches Association|access-date=September 27, 2024}}
=Boston Celtics (2022-present)=
In August 2022, Luschenat was hired by the Boston Celtics as a player development coach under head coach Ime Udoka.{{cite web|url=https://celticswire.usatoday.com/2022/08/02/nba-boston-celtics-new-player-dev-coach-2022/|title=Boston Celtics reportedly hiring Craig Luschenat as player development coach|date=August 2, 2022|work=USA Today|access-date=October 2, 2024}}
From 2022 until 2024, Luschenat worked as a player enhancement coach for the Celtics under head coaches Ime Udoka and Joe Mazzulla. During his tenure as a player enhancement coach, Luschenat and the Celtics went to the NBA Finals in 2024 and won the 2024 NBA championship.
In 2024, Luschenat was promoted to the role of assistant coach under head coach Joe Mazzulla.{{cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/nba/teams/Boston-Celtics/2/staff-members|title=Boston Celtics Staff & Executives|date=October 2, 2024|work=Real GM|access-date=October 2, 2024}}
Personal life
Luschenat was born in Boston, Massachusetts and attended Andover High School, Luschenat is an alum of Saint Joseph's College of Maine in Standish, Maine.{{cite web|url=https://maine.gleague.nba.com/news/coaches-051424|title=Boston Celtics Coaching Staff Filled With Maine Ties|date=May 14, 2024|work=Maine Red Claws|access-date=October 2, 2024}} Luschenat also holds a master's degree from Oxford Brookes University.{{cite web|url=https://nbacoaches.com/craig-luschenat/|title=Craig Luschenat|date=September 27, 2024|work=National Basketball Coaches Association|access-date=September 27, 2024}}
References
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External links
{{Boston Celtics current roster}}
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