• Murphy enters his second season with the Rams as an assistant coach after having cut his teeth in the ACC for four seasons under Al Skinner as Director of Basketball Operations at Boston College.

• During his playing days at Rhode Island, Murphy teamed with Tyson Wheeler, Cuttino Mobley and Antonio Reynolds-Dean to lead the Rams to an Elite Eight appearance in 1998, knocking off the top seed Kansas Jayhawks in the process.

• A native of Saginaw, Michigan, Murphy will be heavily involved in both recruiting and player development at URI.