Pat Murphy

Head Coach

Pat Murphy became only the third head coach in Arizona State's modern baseball history when he was hired in August of 1994. Following in the footsteps of legendary head coaches Bobby Winkles and Jim Brock, Murphy's 15-year tenure at the helm of the ASU program has also been marked with great success.

Since inheriting the Sun Devil program, Murphy has carefully nurtured the tradition of excellence in Tempe, at the same time establishing himself as one of the top collegiate head coaches in the nation. Seven times in the past eleven years, ASU has been ranked in the Top 12 in the country. Four times in that same period, Murphy has had teams finished in the Top 5 in the country; a feat matched by only nine other schools and no other major sports program in the state of Arizona. Murphy's ASU squads are always present in the national Top 25, including a streak of 100 consecutive weeks in the polls that lasted from 2000 until the middle of 2005.

2009, 2008, 2007 & 2000 Pac-10 Coach of the Year

1998 Baseball America Coach of the Year

1998 Team - 2nd at College World Series

2005 & 2009 Teams - 3rd at College World Series

2007 Team - 5th at College World Series

Over 100 ASU players have been selected in MLB Draft since Murphy's arrival in 1995

In 15 seasons at the helm of the Sun Devil program, Murphy is 629-284-1 (good for 2nd all-time at ASU) and has led the Devils to the NCAA Tournament in ten straight years and 12 of the last 13. He owns an all-time 55-33 record in NCAA Tournament action as a head coach and is 46-25 in postseason play at ASU. His coaching accomplishments include becoming the youngest collegiate coach to reach 500 career victories (with 75 percent of the wins at the Division I level).

In over 21 years of coaching at the collegiate level, Murphy owns a career 100-455-4 record. At the Division I level alone, Murphy has recorded 947 wins in 21 years, averaging 43 wins a year. Murphy is on pace to break the all-time NCAA victories record by the age of 65. Before arriving in Tempe, Murphy took a virtually unknown Notre Dame baseball program from a non-fully funded sport into the national spotlight. His Notre Dame teams averaged over 45 wins a season during his seven years in South Bend. Murphy gained his collegiate experience as a pitcher at Florida Atlantic University, where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees.