By: Steve Coogan (USAToday.com) — Former Ohio State coach Jim O’Brien was named head coach at Division III Emerson College in Boston on Tuesday.

This is O’Brien’s first coaching job since leaving Ohio State under a cloud of controversy in 2004.

It also marks a return to Boston for O’Brien, who coached Boston College from 1986-97 and played at the school under Bob Cousy and Chuck Daly from 1968-71.

“I am excited to be the next men’s basketball coach at Emerson College,” O’Brien said in a statement. “During the past few years, I have become familiar with Emerson while watching other friends coach in the (Great Northeast Athletic Conference). Emerson is a great school and seems like a great fit for me at this time in my life. It affords my wife and I an opportunity to continue to live in Boston, a city that we love, while allowing me to focus on what I enjoy most: being in a gym and coaching a team,” he said.

Mark Blaudschun of The Boston Globe noted that Emerson…..

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