Rob Murphy (basketball)

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Name = Rob Murphy
Sport = Basketball
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College = Syracuse
Title = Assistant coach
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Years = 1992-1996
Team = Central State University
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CoachYears = 2002–2004
2004–present
CoachTeams = Kent State (asst.)
Syracuse (asst.)
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Rob Murphy is an assistant coach for the Syracuse Orange from who has been with Syracuse since the summer of 2004.

College

Murphy played on Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio from 1992-96 and was a two-time team captain for the NAIA program. He was also named the Marauders’ Defensive Player of the Year as a senior. [http://www.suathletics.com/roster.asp?playerid=1679&sport=176&roster=194]

High School Coaching Career

After graduating from Central State, Murphy was hired as an associate head coach at Detroit Central High School from 1996-98. After the team reached the state finals his first year, Detoit Central won a Class A state title in 1998. [http://www.suathletics.com/roster.asp?playerid=1679&sport=176&roster=194]

Murphy was then hired as head coach at Crockett Technical High School in Detroit. Among his players was Maurice Ager, who was the first-round draft choice of the Dallas Mavericks. Murphy had an overall record of 64-27 at Crockett Technical and was named Detroit Free Press All-Metro Coach of the Year after his club won the Class B state championship in 2001. [http://www.suathletics.com/roster.asp?playerid=1679&sport=176&roster=194]

College Coaching Career

Murphy joined Kent State in 2002 as an assistant coach. The Golden Flashes were 21-10 overall and 12-6 in the Mid-American Conference in 2002-03. Kent State reached the final of the MAC Tournament Championship and earned an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament. [http://www.suathletics.com/roster.asp?playerid=1679&sport=176&roster=194]

Following the 2004 season, when Syracuse Orange assistant coach Troy Weaver left for a coaching position with the Utah Jazz, Murphy was hired by the Orange. He has worked with the forwards, and some of the players he has tutored include Hakim Warrick and Terrence Roberts. [http://www.suathletics.com/roster.asp?playerid=1679&sport=176&roster=194]

External links

1. [http://www.suathletics.com/roster.asp?playerid=1679&sport=176&roster=194 Rob Murphy Profile @ SUathletics]