Ryan Murphy

Ryan Murphy

Player Profile

Position:
Assistant Coach

Ryan Murphy begins his fourth season as an assistant coach for UNM after having played for the Lobos for four years and competing professionally in several local and national tournaments. Murphy's main responsibilities include recruiting and heading the Top-100 Club, UNM's main fundraising source. Murphy also contributes his vast experience at the collegiate and professional level to coach Lobo golfers with the mechanics of their swing and the mental aspect of competition.

Murphy was a four-year letterwinner for New Mexico from 1994-97 under John Fields. He twice earned Academic All-America honors for his performance in the classroom. Murphy had a career stroke average of 75.04 and played in the NCAA Championships each of his four seasons. He was a member of UNM's Western Athletic Conference championship team in 1996 and helped lead the Lobos to a sixth-place tie in the 1996 NCAA Championships, their best finish since 1979. Murphy's best career finish as an individual was when he tied for sixth in the 1995 WAC Championships. His low round was 68 in both the 1995 and 1996 Taylor Made Intercollegiate and his low tournament was 213 (-3) in the 1994 John Burns Intercollegiate.

After graduating from UNM in 1997, Murphy went to PGA Tour Qualifying School in both 1997 and 1998. Although unsuccessful at qualifying for the tour, Murphy has been playing professionally since graduation. He was able to play in four events this past summer, including the Southwest Kansas Pro-Am (1st place finish), Hilton Open (2rd place finish), the Denver Open (5th place finish), and the San Juan Open (31st place finish). In 1996, he served as assistant pro at the Army/Navy Country Club in Fairfax, Virginia. More recently, Murphy worked in Academic Services at UNM with the Lobo men's basketball team. He was responsible for organizing class schedules, establishing study hall sessions, monitoring the satisfactory progress of student-athletes and degree counseling.

A native of Lovington, N.M., Murphy earned his bachelor's degree in Criminology and Psychology at UNM in 1997. He received his master's degree in Sports Administration in May 2001. The 30-year old Murphy is single and a Chicago Cubs and Chicago Bears fan.

Murphy's older brother Sean also attended UNM, where he was a four-year letterman on the Lobo golf team from 1985-1988. Sean played on the PGA tour for seven years, and Ryan caddied for his older brother at the 1997 U.S. Open.

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