Dean Murray (basketball)

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| name = Dean Murray

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|6|6}}

| birth_place = Isle of Palms, South Carolina

| nationality = American

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| position = Head coach

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| highschool = Monroe (Monroe, North Carolina)

| college = *Appalachian State (1985–1987)

South Carolina

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| cyears1 = 1989–2001

| cteam1 = Coastal Carolina
Charleston Southern
Stony Brook (assistant)

| cyears2 = 2001–2002

| cteam2 = Charleston Lowgators (assistant)

| cyears3 = 2002–2003

| cteam3 = Neptūnas Klaipėda (assistant)

| cyears4 = 2003

| cteam4 = Wilmington Waverockers

| cyears5 = 2003–2004

| cteam5 = Charleston Lowgators (assistant)

| cyears6 = 2004–2005

| cteam6 = Columbus Riverdragon (assistant)

| cyears7 = 2005–2006

| cteam7 = Neptūnas Klaipėda

| cyears8 = 2007–2008

| cteam8 = Anaheim Arsenal (assistant)

| cyears9 = 2008–2010

| cteam9 = LG Sakers (assistant)

| cyears10 = 2010

| cteam10 = Xinjiang Flying Tigers (assistant)

| cyears11 = 2011

| cteam11 = Zhejiang CB (assistant)

| cyears12 = 2011

| cteam12 = Saitama Broncos

| cyears13 = 2012–2013

| cteam13 = Anyang KGC (assistant)

| cyears14 = 2013–2014

| cteam14 = Texas Legends (assistant)

| cyears15 = 2015–2016

| cteam15 = Foshan Long Lions

| cyears16 = 2018–2019

| cteam16 = Formosa Dreamers

| cyears17 = 2019

| cteam17 = Al-Muharraq

| cyears18 = 2020–2021

| cteam18 = Patriots

| cyears19 = 2022

| cteam19 = Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers

| cyears20 = 2023

| cteam20 = REG

| highlights = * Rwandan League champion (2020)

ABL Coach of the Year (2019)

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Dean Murray (born June 6, 1964) is an American professional basketball coach. He has coached several professional teams in Europe, Asia and Africa.

Playing career

Murray played college basketball for Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team from 1985 to 1987, in a total of seven games over two seasons.{{Cite web |title=Dean Murray College Stats, School, Draft, Gamelog, Splits |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/dean-murray-1.html |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}

Coaching career

Murray's professional coaching career started in 2001 with the Charleston Lowgators of the NBA D-League.

Murray was the head coach of the Saitama Broncos in the Japanese Bj League in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://broncos.sailog.jp/topics/2011/07/post-dbb3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329230341/http://broncos.sailog.jp/topics/2011/07/post-dbb3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2016|title=新ヘッドコーチ就任のお知らせ|publisher=|last=Saitama Broncos|date=12 July 2011|access-date=7 March 2018}}

Murray coached Al-Muharraq SC in Bahrain in 2019.

In February 2020, he signed in Rwanda as coach of Patriots BBC, which play in the first Basketball Africa League (BAL) season.{{cite web|url=http://balafricareport.com/2020/02/20/report-murray-will-be-new-patriots-coach/|title=Report: Murray will be new Patriots coach|date=20 February 2020|publisher=|accessdate=24 February 2020}} He parted ways with the team in March 2021.{{Cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302010819/https://www.newtimes.co.rw/sports/basketball-patriots-part-ways-american-coach-dean-murray | title=Basketball: Patriots part ways with American coach Dean Murray | archive-date=2021-03-02 | url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/sports/basketball-patriots-part-ways-american-coach-dean-murray}}

In February 2023, Murray agreed to coach the REG BBC team during the 2023 BAL season.{{Cite news |last=Sikubwabo |first=Damas |date=2023-02-13 |title=Rwanda: Murray Agrees to Coach Reg At the Bal |language=en |work=The New Times |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202302130020.html |access-date=2023-02-13}} Under Murray, REG was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Personal

Murray is married to his wife who he met during his tenure as assistant coach at Charleston Southern University.{{Cite web |last=Braswell |first=Tommy |title=From Charleston to Seoul: Coaching basketball has taken Murray all around the world |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/from-charleston-to-seoul-coaching-basketball-has-taken-murray-all-around-the-world/article_1ac903a3-fa52-57b6-8284-672c38e27903.html |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=Post and Courier |date=March 20, 2012 |language=en}}