Luke Murray (basketball)

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Luke Murray
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Murray in 2023
Current position
TitleAssistant Coach
Team UConn
Conference Big East
Biographical details
Alma mater Fairfield
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008–2009 Post (assistant)
2009–2010 Arizona (GA)
2010–2011 Wagner (assistant)
2011–2013 Towson (assistant)
2013–2015 Rhode Island (assistant)
2015–2018 Xavier (assistant)
2018–2021 Louisville (assistant/recruiting coordinator)
2021–present UConn (assistant)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2007–2008 Quinnipiac (DBO)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As assistant:

Luke Murray is an American college basketball coach who is an assistant for the UConn Huskies men's basketball team.

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Early life

Murray was born to actor Bill Murray and Margaret Kelly. [1] He attended St. Luke's School in New Canaan, Connecticut, where he played basketball and football. [2] Murray attended Fairfield University and graduated in 2007. [3] He began coaching AAU basketball during his freshman year at Fairfield. [4] He later served as an assistant on an AAU team coached by former Boston Celtics head coach John Carroll during his final years in college. [5]

Coaching career

Murray began his college coaching career in 2007 as the director of basketball operations at Quinnipiac under coach Tom Moore. [6] After one season he was hired as an assistant coach at Post University. Murray left Post to take a graduate assistant position at Arizona in 2009. [7]

Murray was hired as an assistant coach at Wagner by head coach Dan Hurley. [8] He was hired to the coaching staff at Towson in 2011. [2] Murray was hired at Rhode Island, reuniting him with Hurley. [5]

Murray was hired to head coach Chris Mack's staff at Xavier in 2015 after two seasons at Rhode Island. [9] He followed Mack when he was hired as the head coach at Louisville in 2018. [10] Murray also served as the primary recruiter for the Cardinals in addition to his assistant coaching duties. [11] His contract was not renewed at the end of the 2020–2021 season. [12]

Murray was hired a third time by Dan Hurley, now the head coach at UConn, on May 3, 2021. [13] He began coordinating the Huskies offense prior to the start of the team's 2022–2023 national championship season. [14] He continued as offensive coordinator the following season as UConn repeated as national champion. [15] [16] Murray signed a three-year contract extension on July 8, 2024. [17]

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