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Most all of the top coaches we interview, when asked about top young coaching talent refer immediately to the head Coach at Penn, Mike Murphy. Most recently, Murphy spent the last seven years at Haverford College where he took the program to unprecedented heights. The Fords steadily improved every year under his leadership, and Murphy departed Haverford with 63 career wins — which is one shy of the school record.
Prior to his assistant coaching stint at Penn, Murphy was an assistant coach at the University of Virginia from 1993-97, coaching in the 1994 and 1996 national championship games and three semifinals. He also spent the 1992 season at Brown University, coaching a team that held a top-10 national ranking and was an NCAA quarterfinalist.
Murphy has been a member of the Division III NCAA Championships Committee since August 2005, serving as its chair since 2006. He is also a board member of the Intercollegiate Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IMLCA), and coached the South Team at the 2005 Division III North/South All-Star Game.
Murphy attended Duke University, where he was a three-year starter (one as a long stick middie, two at closed defense) for the nationally ranked Blue Devils and captain of the 1991 team.
In this interview he shares some great concepts, on his practice schemes, coming out of the gate aggressively with a 3V2 in almost every practice to begin with a quickened pace, his basic practice template, how he incorporates competition into practice with positive reinforcement rather than only conditioning for the losers, unique ways to change up drills, preparing for the two man game offensively and defensively, and ideas on Man Up and Man Down out of 3-3… all really cool stuff…
In the Preview Sample as well as in the article sections we feature a twist on 3V2, run on both sides of the field, with the cages reversed facing the endlines… I loved it! Yup, the cages are facing the other way! Listen to see how it works then check out my article…
3v2 Like You Have Never Seen It Before!!
This lacrosse drill is featured in our free ‘Preview’ podcast below, and in the Article section of the website as well. For info on Coach Murphy and summer camps, check out Tier 1 Lacrosse Camp.
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