Harvard coach Murphy retires after 30 seasons

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJan 17, 2024, 10:07 AM ET

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• College football press reporter.
• Signed up with ESPN.com in 2008.
• Graduate of Northwestern University.Harvard coach Tim Murphy, who has

led the program for the previous 30 years, is retiring from the school.Murphy, who took control of at Harvard before the 1994 season, went 200-89 general with 10 Ivy League championships, consisting of last year. The 67-year-old is the all-time training wins leader for both the Ivy League and Harvard and boasts a 232-134-1 overall record as a college coach after earlier stops at Maine and Cincinnati.”It has been an extraordinary honor to be the football coach at Harvard, and I am permanently grateful to have actually been blessed to work with many fantastic people beginning with the 1,000 student-athletes and 80-plus assistant coaches during our period here,”Murphy said in a declaration. “Often at the end of your career, someone will ask,’ Do you have any remorses?’And my easy response is no, due to the fact that in any undertaking, any relationship, if you offer it absolutely everything you have, there can be no remorses. “Before Murphy’s arrival, Harvard had not won more than 8 games since 1919

, but did so in his 4th season, going 9-1 and 7-0 in Ivy League play. Murphy won New England Coach of the Year honors eight times and was a five-time finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award, which goes to the top FCS coach.He connected for the most Ivy League titles won by a coach and went 19-10 versus archrival Yale. Harvard is preparing

a national search for Murphy’s replacement.