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Charles M. Murphy (coach)

{{Short description|American college sports coach and administrator}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Charles M. Murphy

| image =

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|12|15}}

| birth_place = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|1|31|1913|12|15}}

| death_place = Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1935–1937

| player_team2 = Middle Tennessee

| player_sport3 = Baseball

| player_years4 = 1936–1938

| player_team4 = Middle Tennessee

| player_years5 = 1938

| player_team5 = Meridian Scrappers

| player_years6 = 1938

| player_team6 = Jersey City Giants

| player_years7 = 1939–1940

| player_team7 = Fort Smith Giants

| player_years8 = 1941

| player_team8 = Meridian Eagles

| player_positions = First baseman, outfielder, second baseman (baseball)

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1947–1968

| coach_team2 = Middle Tennessee

| coach_sport3 = Basketball

| coach_years4 = 1948–1949

| coach_team4 = Middle Tennessee

| coach_sport5 = Baseball

| coach_years6 = 1951–1955

| coach_team6 = Middle Tennessee

| admin_years1 = 1947–1981

| admin_team1 = Middle Tennessee

| overall_record = 155–63–8 (football)
11–12 (basketball)
42–24–1 (baseball)

| bowl_record = 2–2

| tournament_record =

| championships = Football
9 VSAC (1947, 1949–1953, 1955–1957)
7 OVC (1956–1959, 1962, 1964–1965)

| awards = Football
OVC Coach of the Year (1965)

| coaching_records =

}}

Charles M. "Bubber" Murphy (December 15, 1913 – January 31, 1999) was an American college football, college basketball, and college baseball coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Middle Tennessee State University from 1947 to 1968, compiling a record of 155–63–8. Murphy was also the head basketball coach at Middle Tennessee State for one season in 1948–49 and the head baseball coach at the school in 1951 and from 1953 to 1955. The Murphy Center, an athletic facility at Middle Tennessee State, was named in his honor when it was completed in 1972. In 1976, he was inducted to the Sports Hall of Fame at Middle Tennessee State and the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=http://www.goblueraiders.com/hof.aspx?hof=70&path=&kiosk= |title=Charles "Bubber" Murphy |website=goblueraiders.com |accessdate=February 12, 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://tshf.net/halloffame/murphy-charles-bubber/ |title=Murphy, Charles "Bubber" |website=tshf.net |access-date=February 12, 2017}}

Murphy lettered in football, baseball, basketball, and tennis at Middle Tennessee. He then played professional baseball in the minor league system of the New York Giants. Murphy died of cancer, on January 31, 1999, at the Alvin C. York Veterans Administration Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.{{cite news |last=Woody |first=Larry |title=Murphy's legacy lives on in others |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean/157457067/ |newspaper=The Tennessean |location=Nashville, Tennessee |date=February 2, 1999 |page=1C |access-date=October 19, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Winningest MTSU coach dies of cancer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/johnson-city-press/157457311/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press |location=Johnson City, Tennessee |date=February 2, 1999 |page=20 |access-date=October 19, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Head coaching record

=Football=

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

| conf = Volunteer State Athletic Conference

| startyear = 1947

| endyear = 1951

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1947

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 9–1

| conference = 5–0

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1948

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 5–5

| conference = 2–2

| confstanding = 4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1949

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 8–0–1

| conference = 2–0

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1950

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 9–2

| conference = 4–0

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1951

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 7–2–2

| conference =

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

| conf = Ohio Valley Conference / Volunteer State Athletic Conference

| startyear = 1952

| endyear = 1957

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1952

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 6–5

| conference = 2–2 (OVC)

| confstanding = 4th (OVC) / 1st (VSAC)

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1953

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 7–4

| conference = 3–2 (OVC)

| confstanding = 3rd (OVC) / 1st (VSAC)

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1954

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 4–4–2

| conference = 2–2–1 (OVC)

| confstanding = 4th (OVC)

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1955

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 7–2–1

| conference = 4–1 (OVC)

| confstanding = 2nd (OVC) / 1st (VSAC)

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1956

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 7–3

| conference = 5–0 (OVC)

| confstanding = 1st (OVC) / 1st (VSAC)

| bowlname = Refrigerator

| bowloutcome = L

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1957

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 10–0

| conference = 5–0 (OVC)

| confstanding = 1st (OVC) / 1st (VSAC)

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

| conf = Ohio Valley Conference

| startyear = 1958

| endyear = 1968

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1958

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 8–2

| conference = 5–1

| confstanding = T–1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1959

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 10–0–1

| conference = 5–0–1

| confstanding = T–1st

| bowlname = Tangerine

| bowloutcome = W

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1960

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 5–5

| conference = 5–2

| confstanding = T–2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1961

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 7–4

| conference = 5–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname = Tangerine

| bowloutcome = L

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1962

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 6–4

| conference = 4–2

| confstanding = T–1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1963

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 8–2

| conference = 6–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1964

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 8–2–1

| conference = 6–1

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname = Grantland Rice

| bowloutcome = W

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1965

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 10–0

| conference = 7–0

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1966

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 7–3

| conference = 5–2

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1967

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 5–5

| conference = 4–3

| confstanding = 3rd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1968

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 2–8

| conference = 1–6

| confstanding = T–7th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Middle Tennessee

| overall = 155–63–8

| confrecord =

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 155–63–8

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

}}

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.dnj.com/story/sports/college/mtsu/football/2015/06/08/making-case-mtsus-bubber-murphy/28717079/ |title=Making the case for MTSU's 'Bubber' Murphy |first=Greg |last=Pogue |website=The Daily News Journal |location=Murfreesboro, Tennessee |date=June 8, 2015 |accessdate=February 12, 2017}}

External links

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