Andrae Murphy (born April 11, 1986) is an American

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coach. He was the head football coach for

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from 2022 to 2024. He also coached for Everglades High School, J. P. Taravella High School, Massachusetts Maritime, Florida Atlantic, Holy Cross, and Columbia. He played college football for Dean and Bridgewater State as a

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Playing career

Murphy began his

career with Dean as a

where he earned First Team All-Northeast Junior College honors. He transferred to Bridgewater State in 2008. With the Bears he earned First Team All- NEFC and First Team All-New England honor as a defensive back and

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. The team also won the 2008 NEFC Championship.

Coaching career

After graduating from

Bridgewater State University Bridgewater State University is a public university with its main campus in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest of nine state universities in Massachusetts. Including its off-campus sites in New Bedford, Massachusetts, N ...

, Murphy joined Everglades High School in Everglades City, Florida, in 2009 as a

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s coach. In 2010, he moved on to J. P. Taravella High School in

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, as a defensive back coach. Murphy earned his first college football coaching position as the

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for Massachusetts Maritime of the

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(MASCAC) in 2014. In his three-year stint with the Buccaneers, the team went 4–6 each season. 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. After one year in that position he transitioned into the defensive backs coach for the next four seasons.

Dean

Murphy was hired as Dean's head football coach following a 2–8 season and the stepping down of previous head coach Steve Tirrell. In his first season with the team they finished with a 1–9 record which was good enough for last in the

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(ECFC). He won his first game as a head coach against Alfred State in a 36–35

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win. Following a winless 2024 regular season, Murphy was relieved of his duties as head coach of the Bulldogs. He ended his career with a 3–25 total record with the NCAA division III program.

Education and military service

Murphy graduated from

with an

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s in 2007,

Salem State University Salem State University (Salem State or SSU) is a public university in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1854, it is the oldest and largest institute of higher education on the North Shore and is part of the state university ...

with a

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in 2015,

Lynn University Lynn University is a private university in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. Founded in 1962, the university awards Associate degree, associate, Bachelor's degree, baccalaureate, Master's degree, master's, and Doctorate, doctoral Academic degr ...

with a

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degree in

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in 2017, and a

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in sports management from

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

in 2019. From 2011 to 2015, Murphy served in the

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as a combat

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fire team leader. He earned multiple Army Accommodation and Achievement medals.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Dean profile

Columbia profile
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