CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College football opened the Bill O'Brien era with its first spring practice inside Fish Field House on Monday morning. The session marked the first of 14 practices leading up to the Eagles' annual Jay McGillis Memorial Spring Game, scheduled for Saturday, April 13.
O'Brien, who was introduced on Feb. 15 as the 37th head coach in BC history, oversaw his first full-team practice in his new role. The Eagles' coaching staff features five new assistants and a new director of football performance in Craig Fitzgerald, who led the team's flex warm-up.