Tim Murphy (American football coach)
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1956)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Tim Murphy
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| caption = Murphy on board the {{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower}} in May 2010
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|10|9}}
| birth_place = Kingston, Massachusetts, U.S.
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| player_years1 = 1974–1977
| player_team1 = Springfield
| player_positions = Linebacker
| coach_years1 = 1979
| coach_team1 = Brown (part-time assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1980
| coach_team2 = Brown (assistant OL)
| coach_years3 = 1981
| coach_team3 = Lafayette (OL)
| coach_years4 = 1982–1984
| coach_team4 = Boston University (OL)
| coach_years5 = 1985–1986
| coach_years6 = 1987–1988
| coach_team6 = Maine
| coach_years7 = 1989–1993
| coach_team7 = Cincinnati
| coach_years8 = 1994–2023
| coach_team8 = Harvard
| overall_record = 232–134–1
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 0–1 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs)
| championships = 1 Yankee (1987)
10 Ivy (1997, 2001, 2004, 2007–2008, 2011, 2013–2015, 2023)
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Timothy Lester Murphy (born October 9, 1956) is an American former college football coach and player. He was the head football coach at Harvard University from 1994 to 2023.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-17 |title=Football’s Murphy Announces Retirement After 30 Seasons at Helm |url=https://gocrimson.com/news/2024/1/17/footballs-murphy-announces-retirement-after-30-seasons-at-helm.aspx |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=Harvard University |language=en}} Murphy served as the head coach at the University of Maine from 1987 to 1988 and the University of Cincinnati from 1989 to 1993.
Career
Under Murphy, the Harvard Crimson football program had enjoyed 16 consecutive winning seasons, from 2001 to 2016. His 2004 Harvard Crimson football team went 10–0 and was the only undefeated team during the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. His 2014 Harvard team repeated the feat, again going 10–0 and achieving the only perfect mark during the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
In 2012, Murphy was elected president of the American Football Coaches Association.{{cite web |url=http://www.afca.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9300&ATCLID=204868000 |title=Mount Union's Larry Kehres Named 2010 AFCA President - AFCA.com—Official Site of the American Football Coaches Association |access-date=October 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205051813/http://www.afca.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9300&ATCLID=204868000 |archive-date=December 5, 2010 }}
Head coaching record
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| name = Maine Black Bears
| conf = Yankee Conference
| startyear = 1987
| endyear = 1988
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| championship = conference
| year = 1987
| name = Maine
| overall = 8–4
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division I-AA First Round
| bowloutcome = L
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| ranking = 13
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| year = 1988
| name = Maine
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| name = Maine
| overall = 15–8
| confrecord = 10–5
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| name = Cincinnati Bearcats
| conf = NCAA Division I-A independent
| startyear = 1989
| endyear = 1993
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| year = 1989
| name = Cincinnati
| overall = 1–9–1
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| year = 1990
| name = Cincinnati
| overall = 1–10
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| year = 1991
| name = Cincinnati
| overall = 4–7
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| year = 1992
| name = Cincinnati
| overall = 3–8
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| year = 1993
| name = Cincinnati
| overall = 8–3
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| name = Cincinnati
| overall = 17–37–1
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| name = Harvard Crimson
| conf = Ivy League
| startyear = 1994
| endyear = 2023
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| year = 1994
| name = Harvard
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = T–7th
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| year = 1995
| name = Harvard
| overall = 2–8
| conference = 1–6
| confstanding = 8th
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| year = 1996
| name = Harvard
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = T–6th
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| year = 1997
| name = Harvard
| overall = 9–1
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| year = 1998
| name = Harvard
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = T–5th
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| year = 1999
| name = Harvard
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = 5th
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| year = 2000
| name = Harvard
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| year = 2001
| name = Harvard
| overall = 9–0
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| ranking = 19
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| year = 2002
| name = Harvard
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 2nd
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| year = 2003
| name = Harvard
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| year = 2004
| name = Harvard
| overall = 10–0
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| ranking = 13
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| year = 2005
| name = Harvard
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| year = 2006
| name = Harvard
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 3rd
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| championship = conference
| year = 2007
| name = Harvard
| overall = 8–2
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| ranking = 21
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| championship = conference
| year = 2008
| name = Harvard
| overall = 9–1
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = T–1st
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| ranking = 15
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| championship =
| year = 2009
| name = Harvard
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 2nd
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| championship =
| year = 2010
| name = Harvard
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| championship = conference
| year = 2011
| name = Harvard
| overall = 9–1
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| ranking = 16
| ranking2 = 14
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| championship =
| year = 2012
| name = Harvard
| overall = 8–2
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = 2nd
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| ranking2 = 23
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| championship = conference
| year = 2013
| name = Harvard
| overall = 9–1
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = T–1st
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| ranking2 = 23
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| championship = conference
| year = 2014
| name = Harvard
| overall = 10–0
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| ranking = 15
| ranking2 = 15
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| championship = conference
| year = 2015
| name = Harvard
| overall = 9–1
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = T–1st
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| ranking = 20
| ranking2 = 20
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| championship =
| year = 2016
| name = Harvard
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = 3rd
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| championship =
| year = 2017
| name = Harvard
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = T–5th
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| championship =
| year = 2018
| name = Harvard
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 3rd
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| championship =
| year = 2019
| name = Harvard
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = T–6th
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| year = 2020–21
| name = No team—COVID-19
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| championship =
| year = 2021
| name = Harvard
| overall = 8–2
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = 3rd
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2022
| name = Harvard
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 4th
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| championship = conference
| year = 2023
| name = Harvard
| overall = 8–2
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–1st
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Harvard
| overall = 200–89
| confrecord = 138–65
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 232–134–1
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/coaches/murphy_tim Harvard profile]
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