Patrick Murphy

Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy coaching a game against Georgia in 2007.
Sport(s)	Softball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Alabama
Record	735-195
Biographical details
Born	(1967-11-28) November 28, 1967 (age 44) Waterloo, IA
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990-1994 1995 1996-1998 1999-present	USL (assistant) NMSU (interim head) Alabama (assistant) Alabama
Head coaching record
Overall	763-215

Patrick Murphy (born November 28, 1967, in Waterloo, Iowa) is an American softball coach and the current head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide Softball team. Murphy built one of the most successful college softball programs east of the Mississippi River, taking Alabama to seven Women's College World Series appearances (2000, '03, '05, '06, '08, '09 & '11) since 2000, which ranks third in the NCAA, with only Arizona (9) and UCLA (8) making more appearances in that stretch. Murphy has 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 LSU. Three days later on June 12, 2011, Murphy announced he was returning to Alabama before signing a contract at Louisiana State, saying Alabama is where his heart was.^[1]

Year-by-year record

*Interim head coach.

Academic degrees

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

External links

• Official Profile
• Official Twitter page
• RollTide.com: Official University of Alabama Crimson Tide athletics site

References

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