Current position | |
---|---|
Title | Head coach |
Team | Dean |
Conference | ECFC |
Record | 3–17 |
Biographical details | |
Born | Miami, Florida, U.S. | April 11, 1986
Alma mater |
Dean College (2007) Salem State University (2015) Lynn University (2017) Columbia University (2019) |
Playing career | |
2005–2007 | Dean |
2008 | Bridgewater State |
Position(s) | Defensive back |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
2009–2010 | Everglades HS (FL) (WR) |
2010–2011 | J. P. Taravella HS (FL) (DB) |
2014–2016 | Massachusetts Maritime ( DC/DB) |
2016 | Florida Atlantic (DQ) |
2016–2017 | Holy Cross (DB) |
2017 | Columbia (DQ) |
2018–2021 | Columbia (DB) |
2022–present | Dean |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 3–17 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
First Team All-
Northeast Junior College (2007) First Team All- MASCAC (2008) First Team All-New England (2008) | |
Andrae Murphy (born April 11, 1986) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Dean College, a position he has held since 2022. [1]
Murphy began his college football career with Dean as a defensive back where he earned First Team All-Northeast Junior College honors. He transferred to Bridgewater State in 2008. [2] [3] With the Bears he earned First Team All- NEFC and First Team All-New England honor as a defensive back and linebacker. [1] The team also won the 2008 NEFC Championship.
After graduating from Bridgewater State University, Murphy joined Everglades High School in Everglades City, Florida, in 2009 as a wide receivers coach. In 2010, he moved on to J. P. Taravella High School in Coral Springs, Florida, as a defensive back coach. [4]
Murphy earned his first college football coaching position as the defensive coordinator for Massachusetts Maritime of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) in 2014. In his three-year stint with the Buccaneers the team went 4–6 each season. [5]
In 2016, Murphy joined Florida Atlantic as a defensive quality control coach before joining Holy Cross as a defensive backs coach. Following his stint with the Crusaders he joined Columbia as a defensive quality control coach. [6] After one year in that position he transitioned into the defensive backs coach for the next four seasons. [7] [8]
Murphy was hired as Dean's head football coach following a 2–8 season and the stepping down of previous head coach Steve Tirrell. [9] In his first season with the team they finished with a 1–9 record which was good enough for last in the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC). [10] He won his first game as a head coach against Alfred State in a 36–35 overtime win. [11]
Murphy graduated from Dean College with an associate degree in communications in 2007, Salem State University with a bachelor's degree in history in 2015, Lynn University with a master of business administration degree in sports management in 2017, and a master of science in sports management from Columbia University in 2019. [1]
From 2011 to 2015, Murphy served in the United States Army as a combat infantry fire team leader. He earned multiple Army Accommodation and Achievement medals. [12]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Dean Bulldogs ( Eastern Collegiate Football Conference) (2022–present) | |||||||||
2022 | Dean | 1–9 | 1–5 | 7th | |||||
2023 | Dean | 2–8 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
2024 | Dean | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
Dean: | 3–17 | 2–8 | |||||||
Total: | 3–17 |
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