Tim Murphy  

Timothy D. Murphy Head Coach Harvard University
Entering his fourth year at the helm of the Harvard men's swimming and diving program ... Has led the Crimson to a 26-1 record and first place finishes at the Eastern Championships in his first three seasons at the helm ... Named the 1999 EISL Coach of the Year ... Brings a wealth of national coaching experience to the Crimson program ... Was assistant men's coach at the 2001 World University Games in Beijing ... Has coached athletes on International, Olympic, Pan-Pacific and Pan-American teams, including 25 Olympic Trial qualifiers ... Prior to coming to Harvard, spent 13 years as head coach of the nationally-renowned Wilton YMCA Wahoos swimming team in Wilton, CT ... Led the women's Wahoos team to seven national championships and was named the YMCA National Coach of the Year in 1989 ... Also serves as head coach of the Mass Bay Marlins ... Was a volunteer coach for the men's and women's teams at Yale University from 1996-1998 ... Head coach for both the men's and women's team at Ursinus College (PA) from 1979-80 ... Served as an assistant men's swimming coach at his alma mater, West Chester State, from 1980-82 ... Member of the United States National Team coaching staff ... Was an assistant men's coach at the World Short Course Championships in 1993 ... Member of the Open Water Staff at the 1998 World Championships, held in Australia ... Named the Connecticut Swimming Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 1988 and 1998 ... Head coach of the USS/USSR National Junior Team Distance Camps as well as the United States Swimming Select Camps ... Currently sits on the American Swimming Coaches Association Board of Directors ... A 15-year recipient of the American Coaches Association Certificate of Excellence ... A 1979 West Chester State graduate, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Physical Education and a Master of Science in Physical Education .... Lives in Pepperell with wife Dorothea and their four children.