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Quinnipiac set to hire Villanova assistant Baker Dunleavy as new head coach

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VILLANOVA, PA - NOVEMBER 17: Ryan Arcidiacono #15 of the Villanova Wildcats and associate head coach Baker Dunleavy walk onto the court prior to the game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers on November 17, 2015 at the Pavilion in Villanova, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

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Quinnipiac will introduce Villanova assistant coach Baker Dunleavy as the team’s new head coach on Tuesday, a source confirmed to NBCSports.com.

Dunleavy has helped the Wildcats to a national championship and multiple Big East championships as the team’s associate head coach. A former walk-on for Villanova who transitioned into a director of operations and later an assistant coach, Dunleavy is the son of Tulane head coach Mike Dunleavy Sr. Baker’s brother, Mike Dunleavy Jr., is still playing in the NBA as well.

The 34-year-old Dunleavy has experience with a championship program at Villanova so it will be interesting to see what he can do running his own program for the first time. Quinnipiac hired Dunleavy to replace Tom Moore, who was fired after 10 years with the program.

The Bobcats went to an NIT and made a few other postseason appearances under Moore but the program has never been to the NCAA tournament since making the transition to Division I in the late ‘90s.