Sport(s) Football 1980 Brown (assistant OL) Titles Head coach Record 156–63 Name Tim Murphy Conference Ivy League | 1974–1977 Springfield Role American Football coach Team Harvard Crimson football Position(s) Linebacker Spouse Martha Kennedy Murphy | |
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Born October 9, 1956 (age 67) ( 1956-10-09 ) 1979 Brown (part-time assistant) Children Molly Kennedy Murphy, Conor Timothy Murphy, Grace Katharine Murphy | ||
Timothy Lester Murphy (born October 9, 1956) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the Thomas Stephenson Family Head Coach for Harvard Football. Murphy has managed the program since the 1994 season. Murphy is Harvard's all-time winningest coach.
Murphy served as the head coach at the University of Maine from 1987 to 1988 and at the University of Cincinnati from 1989 to 1993.
Harvard football has recently enjoyed 16 consecutive winning seasons under Murphy's leadership. Murphy's 137 wins at Harvard places him first among head coaches in the program's history. The 2004 squad went 10–0 and was the only undefeated team in Division I-AA that season. He repeated this feat in 2014, with his 10-0 Crimson squad again posting the only undefeated record in FCS that season.
In 2012, Murphy was elected president of the American Football Coaches Association.