Story Courtesy of Big Apple Buckets

By Ryan Restivo 

UMass-Lowell welcomed Pat Duquette, the son of two high school teachers and native of western Massachusetts, as their first Division I men's basketball head coach on May 16. After a career in basketball, wondering if he would ever break through and get a head coaching job, Pat became the third member of his immediate family to work his way up in the ranks of sports.

His cousin Dan is the general manager of the Baltimore Orioles, and his tenure in baseball also includes stints as an executive with the Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox. His older brother Jim was general manager of the New York Mets as well as, most recently, the former vice president of baseball operations with the Orioles. Jim's career spanned 17 years in the baseball industry before becoming a broadcaster for MLB.com and Sirius XM among other places. Watching his older brother and his cousin work their way up in the baseball industry, Pat saw an avenue for his own career path.

"I knew I wanted to do something like my cousin Dan and my brother Jim, I was watching them the whole time," Pat said. "I saw what they did. I knew I wanted to do something like that but in basketball instead of baseball."  

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