Patrick Murphy (softball coach)

Patrick Murphy
Sport(s) Softball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Alabama
Record 735-195
Biographical details
Born (1967-11-28) November 28, 1967
Waterloo, IA
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990-1994 USL (assistant)
1995 NMSU (interim head)
1996-1998 Alabama (assistant)
1999-present Alabama
Head coaching record
Overall 763-215
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 National Championship (2012)
5 SEC Championships (2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014)
4 SEC Tournament Championships (2003, 2005, 2010, 2012)

Patrick Murphy (born November 28, 1967, in Waterloo, Iowa, grew up in Fayette[1]) 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 ten Women's College World Series appearances (2000, '03, '05, '06, '08, '09,'11, '12, '14 & '15) since 2000, which ties for first in the NCAA along with UCLA and Arizona all having made appearances (10) in that span. Less than a year after Murphy left Alabama for the span of a weekend for rival LSU, he led the Crimson Tide to its first national championship. 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.

LSU

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.[2]

Year-by-year 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
OVERALL 918 261 .779

*Interim head coach.

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