Tyler Murray enters his second season as head coach of the Shorter men's basketball team and seventh as a member of the coaching staff.
In his first year at the hlm of the Hawks' program in 2015-16, Murray led the team to a 14-15 record and berth in the Gulf South Conference tournament.
In six seasons as an assistant at Shorter under Chad Warner, Murray helped guide the Hawks to their most successful run in program history. With Murray serving as recruiting coordinator, Shorter won 119 games, made two national tournament appearances, and captured the program's first conference championship since 1977 during a record-setting 34-win season in 2011-12.
Murray was named the program's associate head coach in 2012-13 as the Hawks won 21 games in their first season competing at the NCAA Division II level within the Gulf South Conference. Shorter ended up winning the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) national championship that season.
He departed for Charleston Southern following the 2013-14 campaign and helped the Bucs capture the Big South Conference regular season title. CSU earned an automatic berth into the National Invitation Tournament (NIT).
Murray played his collegiate basketball at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, one of the winningest Division III programs in the country, and led the Tigers to the program's 10th Old Dominion Athletic Conference championship and a berth in the NCAA Division III National Tournament during his junior season in 2007. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Hampden-Sydney in 2008 and his Master of Arts from Shorter in 2010.
Murray and his wife, Jessica, a former standout volleyball student-athlete at Shorter, are the parents to a daughter, Carson, and a son, Carter.
