Charles M. Murphy (coach)

Charles M. Murphy
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born	December 15, 1913 Nashville, Tennessee
Died	January 31, 1999(1999-01-31) (aged 85)
Playing career
Football 1935–1937 Baseball 1936–1938 1938 1938 1939–1940 1941	Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee Meridian Scrappers Jersey City Giants Fort Smith Giants Meridian Eagles
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1947–1968 Basketball 1948–1949 Baseball 1951 1953–1955	Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
Head coaching record
Overall	155–63–8 (football) 11–12 (basketball) 42–24–1 (baseball)
Bowls	1–2
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships Football 8 VSAC (1949–1953, 1955–1957) 6 OVC (1956–1959, 1964–1965)

Charles M. "Bubber" Murphy (December 15, 1913 – January 31, 1999) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Middle Tennessee State University from 1947 to 1968, compiling a record of 155–63–8. Murphy was also the head basketball coach at Middle Tennessee State for one season in 1948–49 and the head baseball coach at the school in 1951 and from 1953 to 1955. The Murphy Center, an athletic facility at Middle Tennessee State, was named in his honor when it was completed in 1972.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (NCAA College Division Independent) (1947–1948)
1947	Middle Tennessee	9–1
1948	Middle Tennessee	5–5
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (Volunteer State Athletic Conference) (1949–1951)
1949	Middle Tennessee	8–0–1		1st
1950	Middle Tennessee	9–2		1st
1951	Middle Tennessee	7–2–2		1st
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (Ohio Valley Conference / Volunteer State Athletic Conference) (1952–1957)
1952	Middle Tennessee	6–5	2–2 (OVC)	4th (OVC) / 1st (VSAC)
1953	Middle Tennessee	7–4	3–2 (OVC)	3rd (OVC) / 1st (VSAC)
1954	Middle Tennessee	4–4–2	2–2–1 (OVC)	4th (OVC)
1955	Middle Tennessee	7–2–1	4–1 (OVC)	2nd (OVC) / 1st (VSAC)
1956	Middle Tennessee	7–3	5–0 (OVC)	1st (OVC) / 1st (VSAC)	L Refrigerator
1957	Middle Tennessee	10–0	5–0 (OVC)	1st (OVC) / 1st (VSAC)
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (Ohio Valley Conference) (1958–1968)
1958	Middle Tennessee	8–2	5–1	T–1st
1959	Middle Tennessee	10–0–1	5–0–1	T–1st	W Tangerine
1960	Middle Tennessee	5–5	5–2	T–2nd
1961	Middle Tennessee	7–4	5–1	2nd	L Tangerine
1962	Middle Tennessee	6–4	4–2	T–2nd
1963	Middle Tennessee	8–2	6–1	2nd
1964	Middle Tennessee	8–2–1	6–1	1st
1965	Middle Tennessee	10–0	7–0	1st
1966	Middle Tennessee	7–3	5–2	2nd
1967	Middle Tennessee	5–5	4–3	3rd
1968	Middle Tennessee	2–8	1–6	T–7th
Middle Tennessee:		155–63–8
Total:		155–63–8
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

External links

Charles M. Murphy at the College Football Data Warehouse

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Charles M. Murphy's obituary

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders head football coaches

L. T. "Mutt" Weber (1911–1912)
Alfred B. Miles (1913–1916)
Johnny Floyd (1917)
Unknown (1918)
Alfred B. Miles (1919–1923)
Guy Stephenson (1924–1925)
Frank Faulkinberry (1926–1932)
E. M. Waller (1933–1934)
Johnny Floyd (1935–1938)
Ernest Alley (1939)
E. W. Midgett (1940–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
E. W. Midgett (1946)
Charles M. Murphy (1947–1968)
Donald E. Fuoss (1969)
Bill Peck (1970–1974)
Ben Hurt (1975–1978)
James F. Donnelly (1979–1998)
Andy McCollum (1999–2005)
Rick Stockstill (2006– )

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball head coaches

Alfred B. Miles (1913–1915)
No team (1915–1922)
Alfred B. Miles (1922–1924)
Guy Stephenson (1924–1926)
Frank Faulkinberry (1926–1933)
E. M. Waller (1933–1935)
Johnny Floyd (1935–1939)
E. W. Midgett (1939–1942)
No team (1942–1945)
O. L. Freeman (1945–1946)
E. K. Patty (1946–1948)
Charles M. Murphy (1948–1949)
Charles Greer (1949–1956)
Ed Diddle, Jr. (1956–1962)
Bill Stokes (1962–1965)
Ken Trickey (1965–1969)
Jimmy Earle (1969–1979)
Stan Simpson (1979–1984)
Bruce Stewart (1984–1991)
David Farrar (1991–1996)
Randy Wiel (1996–2002)
Kermit Davis (2002– )

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders head baseball coaches

Max Souby (1912)
Alfred B. Miles (1913–1917)
No team (1918–1919)
Alfred B. Miles (1920–1924)
Guy Stephenson (1925–1926)
Frank Faulkinberry (1927–1932)
E. M. "Nig" Waller (1933–1935)
Johnny "Red" Floyd (1936–1939)
Herc Alley (1940)
Nance Jordan (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Nance Jordan (1946)
Durwood Stowe (1947–1950)
Charles M. Murphy (1951)
No team (1952)
Charles M. Murphy (1953–1955)
No team (1956)
Buck Rolman (1957–1960)
Jack Deere (1961)
William Stokes (1962)
Ken Trickey (1963–1965)
Jimmy Earle (1966–1969)
Donald B. Clifton (1970)
A. H. Solomon (1971–1973)
John Stanford (1974–1987)
Steve Peterson (1988–2012)
Jim McGuire (2013– )

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders athletic directors

Charles M. Murphy (1968–1980) John Stanford (1987–1994) Lee Fowler (1994–2000) James F. Donnelly (2000–2005) Diane Turnham # (2005) Chris Massaro (2005– ) Pound sign (#) denotes interim athletic director.