Alabama softball coaching staff 2024

University of Alabama Athletics

In today’s world of collegiate athletics, few can claim to have been at a program since the beginning. Not many can say they were there at the origin of a program, having been present from the very inception to where it stands today. And certainly nobody can claim to have brought a program further, and in shorter time, than Crimson Tide head softball coach Patrick Murphy, entering his 22nd season as the program’s leader in 2020.
From a humble start to a national championship, Murphy has taken Alabama to the top of the college softball world. Beginning with his days as an assistant in the very first years of the Alabama softball program, Murphy has emerged as the face of a team that has grown under his leadership to become one of the most consistently successful programs in the nation.
The accomplishments are there for everyone to see. A 2012 National Championship, 12 Women’s College World Series berths, six SEC regular season titles, four SEC Tournament titles and 21-straight NCAA Tournament bids are only a few of the team honors that Murphy has

University of Alabama Athletics

  • Hometown: Fayette, Iowa
  • Education: Northern Iowa, 1988; Southwestern Louisiana, 1992
  • Birthday: November 28
  • 1999-present: Alabama, Head Coach
  • 1997-98: Alabama, Assistant Coach
  • 1995: Northwest Missouri State, Interim Head Coach
  • 1990-94: Southwestern Louisiana, Assistant Coach

In today's world of collegiate athletics, few can claim to have been at a program since the beginning. Not many can say they were there at the origin of a program, having been present from the very inception to where it stands today. And certainly nobody can claim to have brought a program further, and in shorter time, than Crimson Tide head softball coach Patrick Murphy, entering his 27th season as the program's leader in 2025.

From a humble start to a national championship, Murphy has taken Alabama to the top of the college softball world. Beginning with his days as an assistant in the very first years of the Alabama softball program, Murphy has emerged as the face of a team that has grown under his leadership to become one of the most consistently successful pro

Patrick Murphy (softball)

American college softball coach

TitleHead coach
TeamAlabama
ConferenceSEC
Record1,277–375 (.773)
Born (1965-11-28) November 28, 1965 (age 59)
Waterloo, Iowa
Alma materUniversity of Northern Iowa
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
1990–1994Southwestern Louisiana (asst.)
1995Northwest Missouri State (interim HC)
1996–1998Alabama (asst.)
1999–presentAlabama
Overall1,305–395 (.768)
TournamentsNCAA: 107–48 (.690)
  • Women's College World Series Champions (2012)
  • 6× SEC Regular Season Champions (2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2019)
  • 5× SEC tournament Champions (2003, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2021)
  • NFCA National Coaching Staff of the Year (2012)
  • 11× NFCA South Regional Coaching Staff of the Year (2000, 2003, 2006, 2008–2012, 2014, 2016, 2019)
  • 5× SEC Coach of the Year (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2019)
  • Alabama Sports Hall of Fame

Patrick Stacy Murphy (born November 28, 1965) is an American softball coach and the current head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide softball tea

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