Career
Prior to joining the Blades, she was the head coach of the Brown Bears women"s ice hockey program She became the most victorious coach in Division I women"s ice hockey history during her 18th season at Brown (2006–2007). Murphy has had records of.500 or better in 14 of her 18 seasons as head coach at Brown.
During the 2006-2007 season, a 3-1 victory over Boston University made Murphy the most victorious coach in Division I women"s hockey history.
With the victory, she passed former Providence and Yale coach John Marchetti. She was enshrined in the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994
Murphy was inducted in the International Scholar Athlete Hall of Fame.
Prior to coaching at Brown, she was a student athlete at The women"s hockey Most Valuable Player Award at Cornell is named after her. On numerous occasions, Murphy has been involved with She coached the United States. National team at the Lake Placid Olympic Festival in 2004.
She was an assistant at the 1992 IIHF Women"s World Championships and the 1996 Three Nations Tournament.
Foreign the 2012-2013 Canadian Women"s Hockey League CWHL season, Murphy was the head coach and general manager of the She would lead the franchise to the 2013 Clarkson Cup championship and an appearance in the finals of the 2014 Clarkson Cup. In 2015, Murphy and Aronda Kirby were the founders of UWLX, the first professional women"s lacrosse league in the United States, with the regular season beginning in May 2016.
