Patrick Murphy (softball)

Patrick Murphy
Sport(s) Softball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Alabama
Conference SEC
Record 941–251
Biographical details
Born (1965-11-28) November 28, 1965
Waterloo, Iowa
Alma mater University of Northern Iowa
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1994 Southwestern Louisiana (asst.)
1995 Northwest Missouri State (interim HC)
1996–1998 Alabama (asst.)
1999–present Alabama
Head coaching record
Overall 1000-275
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 National (2012)
5 SEC (2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014)
4 SEC Tournament (2003, 2005, 2010, 2012)

Patrick Stacy Murphy (born November 28, 1965) is an American softball coach and the current head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide softball team.

Early life and education

Murphy was born in Waterloo, Iowa, and raised in nearby Fayette.[1][2] Murphy graduated from Fayette High School and completed his B.S. in history education at the University of Northern Iowa in 1988.[2]

Coaching career

Early coaching career

While attending Northern Iowa, Murphy coached Little League baseball.[2] After graduating from college, Murphy became varsity baseball coach at Sumner High School in Sumner, Iowa, leading the team to a 22–3 record in his first season of 1989 and the state championship game in 1990.[2]

In 1990, Murphy began studies for a master's degree in communications at the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) and joined the Lady Cajuns softball team as an assistant coach, where he would stay until 1994. Simultaneously, he was also head baseball coach at Independence High School in Independence, Iowa, from 1992 to 1995.[2]

After one year as interim head softball coach at Division II Northwest Missouri State in 1995, Murphy moved up to the Division I collegiate level as an assistant coach at Alabama from 1996 to 1998.[2]

Alabama

Murphy built one of the most successful college softball programs, taking Alabama to eleven Women's College World Series appearances (2000, '03, '05, '06, '08, '09,'11, '12, '14, '15 & '16) since 2000, which ties for first in the NCAA along with UCLA, both having made 11 appearances in that span. He led the Crimson Tide to its first national championship in 2012. Murphy also served as the hitting coach for the Canadian National Team in the 2004 Olympics and as an assistant coach for the United States national softball team in the summer of 2009.

On June 9, 2011, Murphy announced that he was leaving Alabama to take the head coaching position at rival LSU.[3] Three days later, before signing a contract at LSU, he changed his mind and returned to Alabama— saying Alabama is "where his heart was".[4][5]

On March 9, 2018, Murphy reached his 1,000th career win, becoming only the 38th coach to reach 1,000 wins.[6] At 20 seasons coaching, Murphy reached 1,000 wins faster than any other coach.

Head coaching record

School Year W L Pct.
NW Missouri State* 1995 28 20 .583
Alabama 1999 39 26 .600
Alabama 2000 66 14 .825
Alabama 2001 50 11 .820
Alabama 2002 46 21 .687
Alabama 2003 49 21 .700
Alabama 2004 45 20 .692
Alabama 2005 63 15 .808
Alabama 2006 54 11 .831
Alabama 2007 55 10 .846
Alabama 2008 58 8 .879
Alabama 2009 54 11 .830
Alabama 2010 52 11 .825
Alabama 2011 53 11 .828
Alabama
(National Champions)		 2012 60 8 .882
Alabama 2013 45 15 .750
Alabama 2014 53 13 .803
Alabama 2015 48 15 .762
Alabama 2016 51 14 .785
Alabama 2017 47 17 .734
Alabama 2018 33 17 .660
OVERALL1080309.778

*Interim head coach.

Coaching tree

  • Vann Stuedeman, Mississippi State head coach
  • Amanda Locke, Texas Tech assistant coach
  • Courtney Conley, Lindenwood University assistant coach
  • Kelsi Dunne, Embry-Riddle University head coach
  • Jackie Traina, Dartmouth College assistant coach

Academic degrees

  • Northern Iowa, 1988 B.S. in History Education
  • Southwestern Louisiana, 1992, M.S. in Mass Communication

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hays, Graham (March 12, 2013). "Coach traces softball roots to Iowa". ESPNW. Archived from the original on June 2, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Head Coach Patrick Murphy" (PDF). 2008 Alabama Softball. University of Alabama. 2008. pp. 22–23.
  3. ↑ "Murphy Introduced as LSU Softball Coach". LSUSports.net. June 11, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Murphy, Habetz Head Back to 'Bama Softball". ultoday.com. June 13, 2008.
  5. ↑ Kleinpeter, Jim (June 13, 2011). "LSU softball: Patrick Murphy reneges, returns to Alabama". The Times-Picayune.
  6. ↑ Sabin, Rainer (March 9, 2018). "Alabama softball coach Patrick Murphy gets 1,000th win with Crimson Tide". AL.com.
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