Indiana University Athletics
Mike Murray Added to Men's Tennis Staff
1/13/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana men’s tennis head coach Jeremy Wurtzman has announced the addition of Mike Murray as his assistant coach.
Murray, a native of St. Petersburg, Fla., started as an assistant coach at Georgia State in July of 2014 and spent the previous two seasons at East Carolina.
Murray helped guide the Pirates to a 34-13 record over that span including a first time appearance in the seminfinals of the conference tournament in 2014, a first ever win over a top-50 program (No. 44 Elon on April 12), and a first ever final national ranking at 73. In 2013 he helped two student-athletes earn an invitation to the NCAA Doubles Championship. A year later, Murray helped another Pirate win the 2014 Conference USA Player-of-the-Year Award and an invitation to the 2014 NCAA Singles Championship.
“I am very excited that Mike will be our assistant coach at IU,” Wurtzman said. “He has both a great playing background and coaching. His passion for tennis and coaching style match up great with that we are trying to build at Indiana.”
Prior to ECU, Murray spent five years as the head boy's and girl's varsity tennis coach at Forsyth Country Day School in Winston-Salem, N.C. In his time there, he created year-round programs for players of all ages and skill levels as well as a tennis academy.
“I’m very excited and grateful for this opportunity given to me by head coach Jeremy Wurtzman,” Murray said. “I’m thrilled to come to Indiana and coach at the highest level with student-athletes, who have high goals they want to achieve. I look forward to getting to know the team and helping the Indiana men’s tennis program continue to grow.”
Murray graduated from Wake Forest in 2003 after a four-year playing career. He ranks among the Deacons' all-time top 10 in singles and doubles victories. He set the Demon Deacons' freshman singles record with a team-high 26 wins. The following year he finished as ACC No. 2 Flight runner-up and ranked as high as No. 60 in the ITA individual rankings. He finished his collegiate career with 28 singles wins in 2003.
