Head Coach


Jim Murphy '69
Office Phone
(207) 786-6369
E-mail
jmurphy@bates.edu

Jim Murphy '69 has been the women's soccer and women's basketball coach at Bates since 1994. He has led the team to a 98-54-7 record, two NCAA tournament appearances and into three of the four NESCAC Championships over the past 10 seasons. Murphy was named the 2003 NESCAC Women's Soccer Coach of the Year following the team's run to the championship final.

From 1969 to 1993, Murphy was a coach and English teacher 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 awards.

"Student-athletes at Bates are challenged both in the classroom and on the playing fields in a warm, friendly environment," says Murphy. "Players on my team learn the value of working hard to achieve team and personal goals. I hope they learn that hard work can be fun and rewarding."