Luke Murray
{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}}
{{For|the cricketer|Luke Murray (cricketer)}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Luke Murray
| image = Luke Murray.jpg
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| caption = Murray in 2023
| current_title = Assistant Coach
| current_team = UConn
| current_conference = Big East
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| alma_mater = Fairfield
| admin_years1 = 2007–2008
| admin_team1 = Quinnipiac (DBO)
| coach_years1 = 2008–2009
| coach_team1 = Post (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 2009–2010
| coach_team2 = Arizona (GA)
| coach_years3= 2010–2011
| coach_team3 = Wagner (assistant)
| coach_years4= 2011–2013
| coach_team4 = Towson (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 2013–2015
| coach_team5 = Rhode Island (assistant)
| coach_years6= 2015–2018
| coach_team6 = Xavier (assistant)
| coach_years7= 2018–2021
| coach_team7 = Louisville (assistant)
| coach_years8= 2021–present
| coach_team8 = UConn (assistant)
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Luke Murray is an American college basketball coach who is an assistant for the UConn Huskies men's basketball team.
Early life
Murray was born to actor Bill Murray and Margaret Kelly.{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/698485/bill-murray-skipped-the-emmys-to-attend-son-luke-murray-s-wedding|title=Bill Murray Skipped the Emmys to Attend Son Luke Murray's Wedding|first=Francesca|last=Bacardi|website=E! Online|date=September 22, 2015|access-date=April 11, 2024}} He attended St. Luke's School in New Canaan, Connecticut, where he played basketball and football. Murray attended Fairfield University and graduated in 2007.{{cite web|url=https://www.norwichbulletin.com/story/sports/2021/05/04/uconns-new-coach-familiar-face/4937462001/|title=UConn's new coach is a familiar face|work=The Bulletin|date=May 4, 2021|access-date=April 23, 2024}} He began coaching AAU basketball during his freshman year at Fairfield.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2017/03/24/bill-murray-son-butler-assistant-coach-luke-murray/99607500/|title=Xavier's Luke Murray: Good at coaching, not so much at comedy|work=USA Today|date=March 24, 2017|access-date=April 9, 2024}} He later served as an assistant on an AAU team coached by former Boston Celtics head coach John Carroll during his final years in college.
Coaching career
Murray began his college coaching career in 2007 as the director of basketball operations at Quinnipiac under coach Tom Moore.{{cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/2021/05/04/five-things-to-know-about-new-uconn-mens-basketball-assistant-coach-luke-murray/|title=Five things to know about new UConn men's basketball assistant coach Luke Murray|first=Dom|last=Amore|work=Hartford Courant|date=May 4, 2021|access-date=April 9, 2024}} After one season he was hired as an assistant coach at Post University. Murray left Post to take a graduate assistant position at Arizona in 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/actor-bill-murrays-son-joins-basketball-staff-at-university-of-arizona-6629431|title=Actor Bill Murray's Son Joins Basketball Staff at University of Arizona|first=Niki|last=D'Andrea|work=Phoenix New Times|date=August 24, 2009|access-date=April 9, 2024}}
Murray was hired as an assistant coach at Wagner by head coach Dan Hurley.{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2010/04/30/new-wagner-assistant-bil-murrays-son/|title=New Wagner assistant Bil Murray's son|first=Tim|last=Sullivan|work=New York Post|date=April 30, 2010|access-date=April 9, 2024}} He was hired to the coaching staff at Towson in 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2012/01/28/luke-murray-son-of-actor-bill-is-helping-turn-around-towsons-basketball-team/|title=Luke Murray, son of actor Bill, is helping turn around Towson's basketball team|work=Baltimore Sun|date=January 28, 2012|access-date=April 9, 2024}} Murray was hired at Rhode Island, reuniting him with Hurley.{{cite web|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/sports/college/2013/05/30/20130530-murray-s-move-to-uri-is-no-laughing-matter-ece/35423699007/|title=Murray's move to URI is no laughing matter|first=Kevin|last=McNamara|work=The Providence Journal|date=May 30, 2013|access-date=April 9, 2024}}
Murray was hired to head coach Chris Mack's staff at Xavier in 2015 after two seasons at Rhode Island.{{cite web|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/xavier/2015/05/08/catching-up-with-xavier-university-assistant-luke-murray/26977523/|title=Catching up with new XU assistant Luke Murray|first=Shannon|last=Russell|work=Cincinnati Enquirer|date=May 8, 2015|access-date=April 9, 2024}} He followed Mack when he was hired as the head coach at Louisville in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/xavier/2018/03/23/luke-murray-among-loyola-university-maryland-candidates-per-reports/453792002/|title=Luke Murray joins Chris Mack at Louisville|work=Cincinnati Enquirer|date=March 23, 2018|access-date=April 9, 2024}} Murray also served as the primary recruiter for the Cardinals in addition to his assistant coaching duties.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhregister.com/uconn/article/UConn-assistant-Luke-Murray-has-always-been-about-16160770.php|title=UConn assistant Luke Murray has always been about recruiting: 'I'm blessed to do it as a profession'|first=David|last=Borges|work=New Haven Register|date=May 7, 2021|access-date=April 9, 2024}} His contract was not renewed at the end of the 2020–2021 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/louisville/2021/03/18/louisville-basketball-chris-mack-fires-two-assistant-coaches-luke-murray/4747265001/|title=Louisville basketball: Luke Murray, Dino Gaudio's contracts ending|work=Cincinnati Enquirer|date=March 18, 2021|access-date=April 9, 2024}}
Murray was hired a third time by Dan Hurley, now the head coach at UConn, on May 3, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/31385211/luke-murray-rejoins-dan-hurley-assistant-coach-uconn-huskies-men-basketball-team|title=Luke Murray rejoins Dan Hurley as assistant coach for UConn Huskies men's basketball team|website=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press|date=May 3, 2021|access-date=April 9, 2024}} He began coordinating the Huskies offense prior to the start of the team's 2022–2023 national championship season.{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/sports/basketball/uconn-luke-murray-bill-murray-final-four-545b026d|title=Bill Murray's Son Designed UConn's Offense. It's No Joke.|first=Robert|last=O’Connell |work=The Wall Street Journal|date=April 6, 2024|access-date=April 9, 2024}} He continued as offensive coordinator the following season as UConn repeated as national champion.{{cite web|url=https://theathletic.com/5397989/2024/04/08/uconn-offense-final-four-hurley/|title=How UConn built the 'most complex' — and efficient —offense in college basketball|first=CJ|last=Moore|website=The Athletic|date=April 8, 2024|access-date=April 9, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/bill-murray-celebrates-uconns-ncaa-championship-with-son-luke-the-teams-assistant-coach-223094|title=Bill Murray Celebrates UConn's NCAA Championship With Son Luke -- the Team's Assistant Coach|first=Samantha|last=Schnurr|website=Entertainment Tonight|date=April 9, 2024|access-date=April 9, 2024}} Murray signed a three-year contract extension on July 8, 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/2024/07/08/five-things-to-note-in-new-contracts-for-dan-hurley-uconn-mens-basketball-assistant-coaches/|title=Five things to note in new contracts for Dan Hurley, UConn men's basketball assistant coaches|work=Hartford Courant|date=July 8, 2024|access-date=July 9, 2024}}
References
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External links
- [https://uconnhuskies.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/luke-murray/1052 UConn Huskies bio]
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