Brian Murphy (baseball)

Brian Murphy
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Merrimack
Conference	MAAC
Record	71–87–1
Biographical details
Born	September 23, 1980 (age 44)
Playing career
2000–2003	Merrimack
Position(s)	Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2004–2005	Wheaton (MA) (asst.)
2006–2009	Bryant (asst.)
2010–2012	Brown (asst.)
2013	William & Mary (asst.)
2014–2021	William & Mary
2022–present	Merrimack
Head coaching record
Overall	260–294–1
Tournaments	CAA: 9–7; NCAA: 2–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	CAA regular season (2014); CAA tournament (2016)
Awards
	CAA Coach of the Year (2014); VaSID Coach of the Year (2016)

Brian Murphy (born September 23, 1980) is an American baseball coach and former catcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Merrimack Warriors. He played college baseball at Merrimack from 2000 to 2003. He then served as the head coach of the William & Mary Tribe (2014–2021)^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Playing career

Murphy was a catcher at Merrimack in North Andover, Massachusetts, where he served as captain in his senior season.

Coaching career

He began his coaching career at Division III member Wheaton. He worked with the Lyons' catchers and served as hitting coach in his two seasons before moving to Bryant to work under Jamie Pinzino. Bryant was a member of Division II for his entire tenure with the Bulldogs, although the school began the reclassification process to Division I in his fourth and final season. Murphy served as recruiting coordinator and hitting coach, and worked with catchers and outfielders while at Bryant. In 2005 and 2006, Murphy served as hitting coach of the Hyannis Mets, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod Baseball League.^[5] He next moved to nearby Brown, where he served three seasons and again served as recruiting coordinator and hitting coach. In his time in Providence, Murphy worked with ten All-Ivy League honorees.

In 2013, Murphy moved to William & Mary, where he served as the top assistant and hitting coach. After head coach Jamie Pinzino departed for Oklahoma, Murphy was elevated to his first head coaching position.^[1] Murphy finished with a 189–307 record at William & Mary, leading them to 4th NCAA tournament appearance in 2016. On September 16, 2021, Murphy resigned from his head coaching position at William & Mary.^[6]

On September 17, 2021, Murphy was named the head baseball coach at Merrimack.^[7]

Head coaching record

The following is a table of Murphy's yearly records as an NCAA head coach.^[8]

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
William & Mary Tribe (Colonial Athletic Association) (2014–2021)
2014	William & Mary	34–22	15–5	1st	CAA tournament
2015	William & Mary	22–30	10–14	6th	CAA tournament
2016	William & Mary	31–31	14–9	2nd	NCAA Regional
2017	William & Mary	32–25	15–8	3rd	CAA tournament
2018	William & Mary	15–39	3–21	9th
2019	William & Mary	33–22	12–12	T-3rd	CAA tournament
2020	William & Mary	8–9	0–0		Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	William & Mary	14–29	10–14	4th (South)	CAA tournament
William & Mary:		189–207	79–83
Merrimack Warriors (Northeast Conference) (2022–2024)
2022	Merrimack	17–31–1	12–15	5th
2023	Merrimack	21–30	14–16	T-6th
2024	Merrimack	33–26	22–11	3rd	Northeast tournament
Merrimack Warriors (MAAC) (2025–present)
2025	Merrimack	0–0	0–0
Merrimack:		71–87–1	48–42
Total:		260–294–1
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

^ ^a ^b "Brian Murphy Bio". William & Mary Tribe. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
^ Aaron Fitt (December 3, 2013). "William & Mary's Jamie Pinzino Joins Oklahoma Staff". Baseball America. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
^ Sean Ryan (December 3, 2013). "Murphy Replaces Pinzino at W&M". College Baseball Insider. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
^ "Brian Murphy Named Head Baseball Coach". William & Mary Tribe. December 3, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
^ "Brian Murphy Named Assistant Baseball Coach". brownbears.com. August 19, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
^ "Brian Murphy Resigns as Head Baseball Coach". www.tribeathletics.com. William & Mary Athletics. September 16, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
^ Joey Kamide (September 17, 2021). "William & Mary's Murphy Departs for Merrimack". www.nvbaseballmag.com. Nova Baseball Magazine. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
^ "2014 Colonial Athletic Association Standings". CAASports.com. Archived from the original on October 28, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2014.