Tom Murphy came out of his forced retirement from Hamilton two years ago as an assistant at SUNYIT, and last year became head coach, leading the Wildcats to a 16-12 record. SUNYIT was 8-17 the previous year.
Now, we don’t usually get much news from SUNYIT, but I see that the men’s basketball head coaching position is listed as open on their Web site. Hope that’s by Murphy’s choice this time. But even if so, he deserved a more formal good-bye.
Murphy has 618 career wins. But now he goes out … if that’s what he’s doing … looking like Johnny Unitas in a San Diego Charger uniform.
I can only imagine that moving from Hamilton to SUNYIT was quite an adjustment. I sure hope that Coach Murphy stepped aside voluntarily. He is a class act and will be missed in the D3 coaching fraternity.
C
Tom Murphy apparently has one more move left in him. He was named an assistant coach at Northeastern University. He will work for Bill Coen who most recently was an assistant coach at Boston College and is a for Hamilton player and assistant coach.
Congrats to Coach Murphy and a great hire for Bill Coen on Northeastern.
Thanks, and thanks to the reader who sent along this news release Northeastern issued yesterday:
http://www.gonu.com/mbasketball/news/murphy091806.htm
Great news!!! That is a strong staff!
C
Congrats to Coach Murphy and Coach Coen. Great staff. Good to see that sense of loyalty. Something Hamilton seems to little understanding of. Good luck, Coach Diehl.