Coaching Staff

Jim Murphy
Office: (207) 786-6369
E-mail: jmurphy@bates.edu

Jim Murphy '69 has been the women's basketball and women's soccer coach at Bates since 1994, compiling a 271-112 career record in 15 years as basketball coach. Entering the 2008-09 season, Murphy ranked 32nd among active coaches and 35th all-time in Division III women's basketball in terms of winning percentage (.712).

During Murphy's tenure, the Bobcats have made four NCAA tournament appearances, including a trip to the regional semifinals in 1997-98 and to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 2004-05. The Bobcats advanced to the NESCAC Championship semifinals in all but two years of the tournament's existence and faced Bowdoin in the finals for four consecutive seasons from 2003 to 2006.

From 1969 to 1993, Murphy coached and taught English at Masconomet Regional High School in Topsfield, Mass. He reached six Massachusetts state championship games in girls' soccer and girls' basketball, garnering four Coach of the Year honors.

"Student-athletes at Bates are challenged both in the classroom and on the court in a warm, friendly environment," Murphy says. "Players on my team learn that hard work can be fun and rewarding, and both individual and team goals can be achieved by working together."

Carla Flaherty
Office: (207) 786-8398
E-mail: cflahert@bates.edu

Carla Flaherty '03 enters her fifth season as the assistant women's basketball coach at Bates College. Flaherty, a native of Gorham, Maine, is a 2003 graduate of Bates College and was a four-year member of the women's basketball team. Flaherty was a two-time all conference guard/forward for the Bobcats. She is currently eighth on Bates’ all-time leading scorer list with 1,143 points and shares the Bates record for 3-point field goals made in a game with six.

Flaherty was a team captain for the Bobcats her senior season. During her four seasons at Bates, the Bobcats made the conference tournament each year and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament in 2000.

Flaherty was also a four-year starter at first base on the Bates Softball team and was the team’s captain her senior season.