Legendary ASU coach Pat Murphy resigns

by Sports 620 KTAR (November 20th, 2009 @ 12:43pm)

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TEMPE, Ariz.- Arizona State University baseball coach Pat Murphy announced his resignation Friday. An interim head coach will assume responsibility for the program until his replacement is selected.

"Coach Murphy has an outstanding record of success on the playing field," said Lisa Love, university vice president for athletics. "I thank him for 16 years of hard work and service to the university and the sport."

Pat Murphy became ASU's head baseball coach in August 1994. During his tenure, he was named Pac-10 Coach of the Year four times, his teams took three straight Pac-10 titles and two World Series berths, and in 1998 he was named the National Coach of the Year.

Since the 2000 season, no other Pac-10 school has won as many games as ASU, both overall and conference games. Murphy has also had more players drafted by Major League Baseball since 1995 than any other coach in the nation.

ASU will immediately begin a national search for a new head baseball coach.

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  Murphy is Legendary?

  sparkman

  KTAR headline regarding Murphy needs to be corrected. In what way is Murphy legendary? Bobby Winkles legendary...Yes. Murphy NO!

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  Legendary ASU coach Pat Murphy resigns

  sparkman

  Legendary? I don't think that word really applies to Murphy. Tell me, in what way is Murphy legendary? You need to re-think your headline.

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  Thanks Coach Murphy

  Peter L

  Wow, Winkles, Brock, Murphy. Interesting to see who's next....

  52104
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  Thanks Murph

  Steve S

  For all the ASU baseball fans, it was probably a total shock that Murph hung it up. I just watched Lisa Love comment on the issue and that was more BS than Sparky can dish out. Looking for a replacement, Love needs to look for a proven collegiate manager or find an ex-major leaguer in the minors that has a ton of passion. Come to think of it, I bet Gracie would be a great choice.

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