Alfred University Athletics

Coach Murray was the Head Football Coach for Alfred University for 16 season. He amassed the second-most wins in school history with 108. His complete record of 108-60 stands at a .643 win percentage, making him also the second winningest coach in AU history between coaches who were at the helm for five or more years, only behind legendary Head Coach, Alex Yunevich (.668 with a record of 177-85-12 in 36 seasons). Coach Murray also has a .653 win percentage in Empire 8 action, going 47-25.
 
Out of Murray's 16 seasons, he only had three seasons where the Saxons didn't go at least .500, nine seasons with seven or more wins and one season with 10 wins in 2010. Murray's first ECAC Championship season came in 2004 where the Saxons went 8-3 and defeated Norwich University, 36-17 in a home contest, earning their first ECAC championship game since 1989. Murray's Saxons continued success as they won the 2005 ECAC Northeast Championship game against Maine Maritime Academy, 63-20, capping off a 9-2 season. They then defeated University of Rochester, 40-34 in 2006 for their third ECAC Northeast Championship title in a row, ending their season with an 8-3 record.
 
Coach Murray and the Saxons had a repeat performance in 2007, defeating Rochester again, this time with a dominant, 49-14 score, ending the year again with an 8-3 record. 2008's, 7-4 team had its first ECAC Northeast Championship loss, ending the streak with a close, 34-31 loss to RPI.
 
2009 saw Coach Murray's Saxons make their first NCAA appearance under his tutelage and only their second in school history since the 1981 team. Murray's Saxons went 8-1 in the regular season before dropping out of the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Albright College. Having experience NCAA play, the Saxons rebounded in 2010 as Coach Murray posted his 10-3 season. Two of those wins were in the NCAA Tournament, defeating SUNY Maritime, 60-0 and SUNY Cortland, 34-20 to advance to face perennial powerhouse, Mount Union.
 
In 2011, the Saxons went back into the ECAC and earned the Northwest Championship title over Bridgewater State, 41-10. Coach Murray won his second Northwest Championship in 2013 with a 21-14 win over SUNY Cortland, just prior to his departure from Alfred University.
 
Murray earned two Empire 8 Championship titles. First, in 2009 when the Saxons shared the title with St. John Fisher and then outright in 2010. In total, he coached 20 All-Americans, earned Empire 8 Coach of the Year three times (2005, 2009 and 2010) and has eight players in the Alfred University Athletics Hall of Fame.