Matt Murphy - Head Coach
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Cascade College Athletics is pleased to announce that Matt Murphy has been named Head Women's Basketball Coach. He replaces interim coach Cody Harrod who resumes his sports information and assistant athletics director duties.
“We are very excited to have Matt join our staff,” commented Athletic Director Jeremy Schwartz. “In the application process, Coach Murphy stood out immediately as someone who could provide the leadership and Christian example to build our women’s program. He demonstrates a passion for coaching and mentoring that is exactly the model we are looking for.”
Murphy arrives from Reno, NV, where he has coached the North Valleys HS varsity girls program since the school’s opening in 2001. Starting the program from scratch, he has built the fledgling Panthers into a well respected team. Murphy’s 2005 squad was a Northern Nevada Final Four team, and he was named Sierra League Co-Coach of the Year. That year he also coached in the Northern Nevada All-Star game.
Prior to North Valleys, Murphy directed the Golden West College women’s program in Huntington Beach, CA for 4 seasons. He recruited a program in 1997 that did not field a team the previous season, and made the Region Quarterfinals in just his second season. His 2000 team won 17 games, which was more than any Golden West team in 14 years.
Murphy also coached the girls varsity team at Pacifica HS in Garden Grove, CA from 1994-1997. In his one season as assistant and two as head coach, Murphy guided the Mariners to a 40-13 overall record with three Garden Grove League championships. He was also named the GGL Coach of the Year in his first season as head coach (1996).
Murphy earned a B.A. in Physical Education from California State University-Long Beach in 1997, and a M.Ed. in Physical Education from Azusa Pacific University in 1999. Matt will be relocating to Portland with his wife Karen, and 2 children - Lucas age 4, and Sarah, age 2.
