BRIAN MURPHY
Head Coach
Bryan Murphy begins his role as Merrimack head baseball coach in 2021, returning as a 2003 Merrimack College graduate and former team captain to lead the program.
Murphy—who becomes the seventh head coach in program history—returns home to North Andover after eight seasons at William & Mary. In that time with the Tribe, Murphy’s programs had four 30-win seasons, five CAA-Tournament appearances and its first NCAA Tournament at-large bid. Murphy was recognized as CAA Coach of the Year in 2014 after winning 34 games in his first year at the helm for the Tribe. In 2016, Murhpy was named VASID Coach of the Year after a CAA Tournament Championship and NCAA Regional Final Appearance. William & Mary turned four 30+ win seasons under Murphy’s tutelage. Nine players who have competed for Murphy’s teams have been taken in the MLB Draft, with two players taken in the first five rounds.
Programs under the Easton, Mass. native have also seen outstanding academic achievement in addition to the team’s on-field success. William & Mary teams earned three-straight Team Academic Awards by the ABCA, with three student athletes recognized as CoSIDA Academic-All Americans and a CAA Scholar Athlete of the Year.
Prior to his tenure in Williamsburg, Va., Murphy served as Recruiting Coordinator and Hitting Coach for the Brown University Bears, with ten student-athletes earning All-Ivy League Selections in his three years on the staff.
At the Division II level, Murphy had a successful run with the Bryant Bulldogs as an assistant coach where he served as Recruiting Director and oversaw catchers, outfielders and hitting. From 2006-09, the squad earned two 30-wins season, and a record 43 win season in 2008 that culminated in an NE-10 Regular Season title and an NCAA Tournament berth.
During Murphy’s time with the Bulldogs, the team earned 132 wins and appeared in two NCAA Tournament Regional Finals. Hitters under Murphy showed consistent improvement, with the team’s batting average and runs per game increasing in each of his three seasons.
After earning his degree in business management from Merrimack, Murphy went on to earn Master’s Degree in Sports Management from California University of Pennsylvania in 2009. He returns to North Andover with his wife, Karen, son Connor and daughter Maggie.
