SWAMPSCOTT – Former Big Blue player Justin Fucile has been named to succeed Paul Moran as the new boys basketball coach at Swampscott High.Fucile has been an assistant under Buzzy Barton at Lynn English for the past three seasons. The Bulldogs, with Fucile as part of their staff, have won three straight Northeastern Conference/Large championships. This past season, they captured the Division 1 North title and made it to the state final. They also were undefeated in the NEC this season. Their only two losses were to Everett and Lowell, and they avenged the latter loss by beating Lowell in the tournament.”I’ve always wanted to coach here, ever since I played here,” said Fucile, who graduated in 2000 and played for four years under coach Brian Bagley. “It’s always been a goal of mine.”Fucile, a math teacher at Swampscott High, said the experience of coaching at English – and especially this past season – can be nothing but valuable in his new position.”First,” he said, “the coaching staff was terrific. Just working with Buzzy, Mike Carr, Ronnie Young, coach (Steve) Brown ? they all had their different styles.”Our philosophies were different,” he said, “It was interesting just seeing how their message came across to the kids. It was interesting to see how different styles worked.”And while Fucile wouldn’t go as far as to predict that the Big Blue boys would be playing next March at the Garden the way this year’s girls team did, he did draw a little inspiration from English’s experience.”The attitude (at English) was that you always wanted to overachieve,” he said. “That was the attitude they pushed in practice, and in games, they never quit. Different kids stepped up in different games.”Fucile feels being in the school will help him coach.”It wasn’t listed as a prerequisite, but I think it helps,” he said. “I hoped it was something they (the administration) looked at ? a strong positive.”I think it makes a difference,” he said. “You learn about your kids, it helps you develop strong relationships with them, and you hope it makes them understand that we’re going to push them in the classroom as hard as we push them on the court.”Fucile said he was in contact with Bagley a lot during this process.”We’ve stayed in touch,” he said. “He kind of just asked me questions. He’s always been helpful.””I want to thank the administration and the committee for choosing me,” he said. “I heard there were some strong candidates ? and to get this job is humbling. I’m looking forward, not only to coaching, but to reaching out to the community and developing future basketball players.”Fucile has also been the head coach of the U-16 AAU Thundercats and the U-16 Raptors.