Terry Murray

Terry Murray
Position	Defenceman
Nickname(s)	Murph
Height Weight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg)
Teams	California Golden Seals Philadelphia Flyers Detroit Red Wings Washington Capitals
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1950-07-20)July 20, 1950, Shawville, PQ, CAN
NHL Draft	88th overall, 1970 California Golden Seals
Pro Career	1970 – 1982

Terry Rodney Murray (born July 20, 1950 in Shawville, Quebec) is a retired Canadian professional player, and current head coach of the NHL's Los Angeles Kings. He is the brother of current Ottawa Senators general manager Bryan Murray.

Playing career

A defenceman in his playing days, Murray was drafted by the California Golden Seals in the 1970 NHL Entry Draft. He played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings, and Washington Capitals. Following his final season as an active player in 1981–82, he became an assistant coach for his brother Bryan, then the Capitals' head coach, establishing the NHL's first brother coaching combination.

Coaching career

Murray served as an assistant coach of the Capitals, then later as head coach of their AHL affiliate, the Baltimore Skipjacks. He was promoted to the Capitals head coach position in the middle of the 1989–90 NHL season, replacing his brother Bryan Murray. Under Murray's guidance the Capitals advanced further into the NHL playoffs than ever before, before being swept by Boston in the conference finals. Murray coached the Capitals until the middle of the 1993–94 NHL season when he was replaced by Jim Schoenfeld.

After a brief coaching stint as head coach of the Cincinnati Cyclones in the IHL, Murray became head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers. In three seasons as head coach of the Flyers (1994–95 through 1996–97), Murray compiled a 118-64-30 record and coached the team to two Atlantic Division Championships (1994–95 and 1995–96) and to the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals as the Eastern Conference Champion. After beating three teams easily with 4-1 series wins, the Flyers were swept by the Detroit Red Wings in four games. Despite this accomplishment, Murray was fired after the end of the 1997 playoffs. Some suggested that Terry was scapegoated for the Flyer's collapse in the Finals, however he described the 6-1 loss in Game 3 as a choking situation which angered his roster. Murray served as a pro scout for the Flyers during the 1997-98 season.

During the 1998–99 season, Murray assumed the Panthers' head coaching position from his brother, Bryan, the interim Panthers' coach, after Doug MacLean was fired. In 1999-2000, Murray led the Panthers to a franchise record 98-point season, team-record 43 victories and into the first round of the playoffs. He was replaced by Duane Sutter at the Panthers' helm in the fall of 2000.

Murray served as a pro scout for the Philadelphia Flyers over parts of three seasons (2000–01 to 2002–03), and joined the coaching staff as Assistant Coach from 2004-2008.

On July 17, 2008, Murray was hired as the coach of the Los Angeles Kings.

NHL coaching record

Team	Year	Regular season							Post season
		G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
WAS	1989–90	34	18	14	2	-	(78)	3rd in Patrick	Lost in Conf Finals
WAS	1990–91	80	37	36	7	-	81	3rd in Patrick	Lost in Second Round
WAS	1991–92	80	45	27	8	-	98	2nd in Patrick	Lost in First Round
WAS	1992–93	84	43	34	7	-	93	2nd in Patrick	Lost in First Round
WAS	1993–94	47	20	23	4	-	(88)	3rd in Atlantic	(fired)
PHI	1994–95	48	28	16	4	-	60	1st in Atlantic	Lost in Conf Finals
PHI	1995–96	82	45	24	13	-	103	1st in Atlantic	Lost in Second Round
PHI	1996–97	82	45	24	13	-	103	2nd in Atlantic	Lost in Cup Finals
FLA	1998–99	82	30	34	18	-	78	2nd in Southeast	Missed Playoffs
FLA	1999–00	82	43	27	6	6	98	2nd in Southeast	Lost in First Round
FLA	2000–01	36	6	18	7	5	(66)	3rd in Southeast	(fired)
LA	2008–09	82	34	37	-	11	79	5th in Pacific	Missed Playoffs
Total		819	394	314	89	22

External links

• Terry Murray's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com

Preceded by Bryan Murray	Head Coaches of the Washington Capitals 1990–1994	Succeeded by Jim Schoenfeld
Preceded by Terry Simpson	Head Coaches of the Philadelphia Flyers 1994–1997	Succeeded by Wayne Cashman
Preceded by Bryan Murray	Head Coaches of the Florida Panthers 1998–2000	Succeeded by Duane Sutter
Preceded by Marc Crawford	Head Coaches of the Los Angeles Kings 2008 – present	Incumbent