Tim Murphy (American football coach)
![]() Murphy on board the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in May 2010 | |
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Harvard |
Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 178–81 |
Biographical details | |
Born | Kingston, Massachusetts | October 9, 1956
Playing career | |
1974–1977 | Springfield |
Position(s) | Linebacker |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1979 | Brown (part-time assistant) |
1980 | Brown (assistant OL) |
1981 | Lafayette (OL) |
1982–1984 | Boston University (OL) |
1985–1986 | Maine (OC) |
1987–1988 | Maine |
1989–1993 | Cincinnati |
1994–present | Harvard |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 210–126–1 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 Yankee (1987) 9 Ivy (1997, 2001, 2004, 2007–2008, 2011, 2013–2015) |
Timothy Lester Murphy (born October 9, 1956) is an American football coach and former player.
Career[]
He is currently the head coach for Harvard Football. Murphy has led the program since the 1994 season. He is Harvard's most successful coach.
Murphy served as the head coach at the University of Maine from 1987 to 1988 and at the University of Cincinnati from 1989 to 1993.
Harvard football has recently enjoyed 16 consecutive winning seasons under Murphy's leadership. Murphy's 137 wins at Harvard places him first among head coaches in the program's history. The 2004 squad went 10–0 and was the only undefeated team in Division I-AA that season. He repeated this feat in 2014, with his 10-0 Crimson squad again posting the only undefeated record in FCS that season.
In 2012, Murphy was elected president of the American Football Coaches Association.[1]
Head coaching record[]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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Maine Black Bears (Yankee Conference) (1987–1988) | |||||||||
1987 | Maine | 8–4 | 6–1 | T–1st | |||||
1988 | Maine | 7–4 | 4–4 | T–3rd | |||||
Maine: | 15–8 | 10–5 | |||||||
Cincinnati Bearcats (NCAA Division I-A independent) (1989–1993) | |||||||||
1989 | Cincinnati | 1–9–1 | |||||||
1990 | Cincinnati | 1–10 | |||||||
1991 | Cincinnati | 4–7 | |||||||
1992 | Cincinnati | 3–8 | |||||||
1993 | Cincinnati | 8–3 | |||||||
Cincinnati: | 17–37–1 | ||||||||
Harvard Crimson (Ivy League) (1994–present) | |||||||||
1994 | Harvard | 4–6 | 2–5 | T–7th | |||||
1995 | Harvard | 2–8 | 1–6 | 8th | |||||
1996 | Harvard | 4–6 | 2–5 | T–6th | |||||
1997 | Harvard | 9–1 | 7–0 | 1st | |||||
1998 | Harvard | 4–6 | 3–4 | T–5th | |||||
1999 | Harvard | 5–5 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
2000 | Harvard | 5–5 | 4–3 | T–3rd | |||||
2001 | Harvard | 9–0 | 7–0 | 1st | 19 | ||||
2002 | Harvard | 7–3 | 6–1 | 2nd | |||||
2003 | Harvard | 7–3 | 4–3 | T–2nd | |||||
2004 | Harvard | 10–0 | 7–0 | 1st | 13 | ||||
2005 | Harvard | 7–3 | 5–2 | T–2nd | |||||
2006 | Harvard | 7–3 | 4–3 | 3rd | |||||
2007 | Harvard | 8–2 | 7–0 | 1st | 21 | ||||
2008 | Harvard | 9–1 | 6–1 | T–1st | 15 | ||||
2009 | Harvard | 7–3 | 6–1 | 2nd | |||||
2010 | Harvard | 7–3 | 5–2 | T–2nd | |||||
2011 | Harvard | 9–1 | 7–0 | 1st | 14 | ||||
2012 | Harvard | 8–2 | 5–2 | 2nd | |||||
2013 | Harvard | 9–1 | 6–1 | T–1st | |||||
2014 | Harvard | 10–0 | 7–0 | 1st | 14 | ||||
2015 | Harvard | 9–1 | 6–1 | T–1st | |||||
2016 | Harvard | 7–3 | 5–2 | 3rd | |||||
2017 | Harvard | 5–5 | 3–4 | T–5th | |||||
2018 | Harvard | 6–4 | 4–3 | 3rd | |||||
2019 | Harvard | 4–6 | 2–5 | T–6th | |||||
2020 | Harvard | Season Canceled | |||||||
2021 | Harvard | ||||||||
Harvard: | 178–81 | 124–58 | |||||||
Total: | 210–126–1 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
See also[]
- List of college football coaches with 200 wins
- List of college football coaches with 150 NCAA Division I FCS wins
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved October 6, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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