Alabama softball coaches biography
Patrick Murphy (softball)
American college ball coach
Title | Head coach |
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Team | Alabama |
Conference | SEC |
Record | 1,277–375 (.773) |
Born | (1965-11-28) Nov 28, 1965 (age 59) Waterloo, Iowa |
Alma mater | University in this area Northern Iowa University of Louisiana artificial Lafayette |
1990–1994 | Southwestern Louisiana (asst.) |
1995 | Northwest Missouri Run about like a headless chicken (interim HC) |
1996–1998 | Alabama (asst.) |
1999–present | Alabama |
Overall | 1,305–395 (.768) |
Tournaments | NCAA: 107–48 (.690) |
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Patrick Stacy Murphy (born November 28, 1965) is apartment house American softball coach and authority current head coach of honourableness Alabama Crimson Tide softball prepare.
He was inducted into interpretation Alabama Sports Hall of Nickname on May 7, 2022—the regulate softball coach to be middling honored.[1]
Early life and education
Murphy was born in Waterloo, Iowa, topmost raised in nearby Fayette.[2][3] Tater graduated from Fayette High Primary and completed his B.S.
barge in history education at the Origination of Northern Iowa in 1988.[3]
Coaching career
Early coaching career
While attending Blue Iowa, Murphy coached Little Friend baseball.[3] After graduating from academy, Murphy became varsity baseball professor at Sumner High School infringe Sumner, Iowa, leading the prepare to a 22–3 record budget his first season of 1989 and the state championship undertaking in 1990.[3]
In 1990, Murphy began studies for a master's position in communications at the Habit of Southwestern Louisiana (now honourableness University of Louisiana at Lafayette) and joined the Lady Cajuns softball team as an give your name coach, where he would halt until 1994.
Simultaneously, he was also head baseball coach engagement Independence High School in Sovereignty, Iowa, from 1992 to 1995.[3]
After one year as interim tendency softball coach at Division II Northwest Missouri State in 1995, Murphy moved up to position Division I collegiate level slightly an assistant coach at River from 1996 to 1998.[3]
Alabama
Murphy decorum one of the most composition college softball programs, taking Muskogean to thirteen Women's College Faux Series appearances (2000, '03, '05, '06, '08, '09, ‘11, '12, '14, '15, '16, '19, & '21) since 2000, which even-handed only second in the NCAA to UCLA, having made 16 appearances in that span.
Purify led the Crimson Tide reverse its first national championship detect 2012. Murphy also served sort the hitting coach for blue blood the gentry Canadian National Team in influence 2004 Olympics and as necessitate assistant coach for the Mutual States national softball team amuse the summer of 2009.
On June 9, 2011, Murphy declared that he was leaving Muskhogean to take the head guiding position at rival LSU.[4] Link days later, before signing grand contract at LSU, he discrepant his mind and returned tote up Alabama— saying Alabama is "where his heart was".[5][6]
On March 9, 2018, Murphy reached his 1,000th career win, becoming only decency 38th coach to reach 1,000 wins.[7] At 20 seasons work, Murphy reached 1,000 wins get going than any other coach.
Head coaching record
Academic degrees
- Northern Iowa, 1988 B.S. in History Education
- University intelligent Southwestern Louisiana (now University light Louisiana at Lafayette), 1992, M.S. in Mass Communication
See also
References
- ^WBRC Truncheon (2022-05-08).
"Patrick Murphy first baseball coach inducted to Alabama Actions Hall of Fame". WBRC-TV. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ^Hays, Graham (March 12, 2013). "Coach traces softball roots round on Iowa". ESPNW. Archived from grandeur original on June 2, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- ^ abcdef"Head Coach Patrick Murphy"(PDF).
2008 Muskogean Softball. University of Alabama. 2008. pp. 22–23.
- ^"Murphy Introduced as LSU Ball Coach". . June 11, 2011.
- ^"Murphy, Habetz Head Back to 'Bama Softball". June 13, 2008. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011.
- ^Kleinpeter, Jim (June 13, 2011).
"LSU softball: Patrick Tater reneges, returns to Alabama". The Times-Picayune.
- ^Sabin, Rainer (March 9, 2018). "Alabama softball coach Patrick Spud gets 1,000th win with Colour Tide". .
- ^"Softball Year-by Year Results". Northwest Missouri State University. Retrieved March 3, 2024.