John Murphy (soccer, born 1967)

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John Murphy
Personal information
Date of birth 1967 (age 55–56)
Place of birth Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
Youth career
YearsTeam
1985–1986 Massasoit Community College
Managerial career
1994 Massasoit Community College
1995–1998 Brown University (assistant)
2000–2003 New England Revolution (assistant)
2004 Columbus Crew (assistant)
2005–2008 Colorado Rapids (reserve team manager)
2009 Livingston
2010–2011 Clemson Tigers (assistant)
Boston College
2011–2013 Anderson Trojans
2016–2022 Georgia Southern

John Murphy (born 1967) is an American professional soccer coach who is the former head coach of Georgia Southern.

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Early life

Murphy's mother, Maureen, is from Glasgow, Scotland. [1]

A native of Quincy, Massachusetts, Murphy earned an associate degree from Massasoit Community College, a bachelor's degree from Bridgewater State University and a degree in applied management from the University of Warwick in conjunction with the League Managers Association. [2]

Career

Murphy spent the majority of his coaching career with college soccer teams in USA, enjoying several state championship victories. He has also had spells in assistant roles with various clubs in the MLS. [3]

The American initially joined Livingston in March 2009 as a goalkeeper coach. [4] Following the departure of David Hay, Murphy was appointed as manager in July 2009 during a time that Livi were facing the possibility of liquidation. [5] After just 42 days in the job, he parted ways with the club as the newly appointed board wished to appoint Gary Bollan as the new manager. [6]

Following his departure from Livi, Murphy returned to America where he held various coaching positions at college soccer teams before being appointed as head coach of Georgia Southern in 2016. [7] After the 2022 season, it was announced Murphy stepped down as head coach. [8]

Personal life

He is married to Erin, together they have three sons – Shay, Eamon and Declan.

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References

  1. ↑ "Soccer coach scores post in Scotland". archive.boston.com. July 9, 2009.
  2. ↑ "John Murphy – Men's Soccer Coach". gseagles.com.
  3. ↑ "ForeKicks Taunton". forekicks.com. January 31, 2002.
  4. ↑ "Murphy joins Livi coaching ranks". livingstonfc.co.uk. March 2, 2009.
  5. ↑ "New Livingston boss sets out plans". Daily Record. July 2, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Murphy cuts ties with Scottish club". archive.boston.com. September 6, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Meet GS new soccer coach, John Murphy". The George-Anne. August 17, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Georgia Southern Men's Soccer Coach John Murphy To Step Down". gseagles.com. November 4, 2022.
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