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BREAKING NEWS: ASU Baseball Coach Pat Murphy Resigns

From the ASU athletic department...

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY News Release
November 20, 2009

Arizona State University baseball coach Pat Murphy resigns

TEMPE, Ariz. ­ Arizona State University baseball coach Pat Murphy announced
his resignation today. An interim head coach will assume responsibility for
the program until his replacement is selected.

"Coach Murphy has an outstanding record of success on the playing field,"
said Lisa Love, university vice president for athletics. "I thank him for 16
years of hard work and service to the university and the sport."

Pat Murphy became ASU¹s head baseball coach in August 1994. During his
tenure, he was named Pac-10 Coach of the Year four times, his teams took
three straight Pac-10 titles and two World Series berths, and in 1998 he was
named the National Coach of the Year.

Since the 2000 season, no other Pac-10 school has won as many games as ASU,
both overall and conference games. Murphy has also had more players drafted
by Major League Baseball since 1995 than any other coach in the nation.

ASU will immediately begin a national search for a new head baseball coach.

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Just saw this on azcentral

What the hell happened?!?!

When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again. True story.
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by Red Reign on Nov 20, 2009 1:41 PM MST reply actions   0 recs

very confusing

I have no idea, but it’s a huge blow to our program.

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by Cory Williams on Nov 20, 2009 1:48 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

Something's amiss

with this happening just a couple month before the season

When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again. True story.
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by Red Reign on Nov 20, 2009 2:46 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

wtf

that’s crazy

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Nov 20, 2009 1:58 PM MST reply actions   0 recs

yeah i smell something fishy...

It’s got to be some sort of recruiting violations or something…hopefully he hasn’t screwed up the program that he built.

by mlev811 on Nov 20, 2009 8:00 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

That or family issues

he hasn’t exactly had the most stable family situation the last few years

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Nov 20, 2009 9:18 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

According to this...

Murph was escorted out by security…

http://collegebaseball.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=2308&tid=128380290&mid=128380290&sid=1169&style=2

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Nov 21, 2009 9:16 AM MST reply actions   0 recs

Don't read too much into that

It happens in a lot of jobs

When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again. True story.
-Barney Stinson

by Red Reign on Nov 21, 2009 10:46 AM MST up reply actions   0 recs

ok

I’ve worked with alot of people who “resigned” or in other words “quit” and they’ve never been escorted out by security.

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Nov 21, 2009 4:27 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

I used to be an IT Recruiter

It happened all the time.

When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again. True story.
-Barney Stinson

by Red Reign on Nov 21, 2009 5:41 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

So it really doesn't mean anything or it really could mean something.

yay

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Nov 22, 2009 9:40 AM MST up reply actions   0 recs

Yup...glad that's settled

Ha

When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again. True story.
-Barney Stinson

by Red Reign on Nov 22, 2009 12:54 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

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