This is our second podcast with this interesting coach, there is no doubt that Mike Murphy has his Raiders on a roll. The Colgate men’s lacrosse head coach just completed his fourth season and already has posted a pair of Patriot League regular season championships, one postseason title and two trips to the NCAA tournament.

In 2015, Colgate tied Navy for regular season honors and then swept to the Patriot League championship on the Midshipmen’s home field. The Raiders knocked off Army 11-8 in the title game.

Colgate in four seasons under Murphy has a 41-24 (.631) record that ties for the second-most wins over any four-year period in program history. The Raiders are 22-13 (.629) against Patriot League competition and twice have finished the season ranked among the nation’s top 15.

Named to his first head coaching position on July 20, 2011, Murphy led the 2012 Raiders to a Patriot League regular-season title en route to the best campaign in program history. Colgate finished 14-4, including a 6-0 road mark, a 6-2 record against nationally-ranked opponents, and a win over undefeated No. 1 Massachusetts in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.

The NCAA bid was Colgate’s second postseason appearance and its first as an NCAA at-large recipient. The Raiders also secured their first tournament win and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time in school history.

Murphy joined the Raiders after serving as an assistant coach at Army. In his seven seasons with the Black Knights, Army was consistently ranked among the best defensive teams both in the Patriot League and nationally under his mentorship, during which he also guided some of the most prolific goalkeepers in Academy history.

In the 2011 season, under his direction, Army placed third in the Patriot League in scoring defense (9.31 gpg). The Black Knights held Syracuse down during a 9-8 upset victory over the two-time defending national champions in the first round of 2010 NCAA tournament.

Murphy joined Army after spending two seasons at Division III Denison in Granville, Ohio, where he was in charge of the Big Red’s defensive unit, goalies and faceoff personnel. He also served as an assistant on Denison’s football coaching staff and held a position in the Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation as an instructor.

Prior to his work at Denison, the University of New Hampshire graduate served as head assistant coach/defensive coordinator at Wingate from 1999-2001. The Beverly, Mass., native helped the Bulldogs to their first NCAA Division II National Semifinal appearance in school history as the squad posted a 27-17 record in Murphy’s three seasons on its sideline, while 14 players garnered All-Deep South honors.

Murphy also enjoyed one-year stints at Pfeiffer and Merrimack after his graduation from the University of New Hampshire in the spring of 1996, where he was a three-year letterman for the Wildcats.

Murphy is a member of the USILA Division I All-American Committee as well as the USILA Division I Poll Committee. He serves as chair of the Patriot League Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Committee, and also serves on the IMLCA Division I Coaches Advisory Board.

The run some awesome camps at Colgate, “Raider Lacrosse Academy” Their prospect days have a great reputation and are held on Sundays featuring real-life Colgate Lacrosse Practices. These are held on campus, but there are also satellite camps available in North Carolina and New Jersey. For information just click here…

Murphy and his wife, Jennifer, are the proud parents of two children: son, Colin; and daughter, Dylan Emma.

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For all of the Premium Members, again this is a loaded podcast. We start with an interesting dialog on the length of practice with the emphasis on practice planning. Coach is a little unique in that most of their drills are full field or most of a full field, even their shooting drills. Coach discusses how they tweaked their typical fast fast fast approach and renewed a focus on shooting accuracy.We discussed a number of drills, including transition drill designed to teach how to get to the backside “bunny” versus zones with a unique sideline 3V2, “Crunched” . I love the Dolphin Drill as well but chose to write up the “Beast Drill” featured below in the Preview as well as in my article section.

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In the Audio Preview below for all Free Members, Listen to Coach Murphy, discuss this awesome lacrosse drill, “The Beast Drill” I can’t wait to try it! I loved loved it!

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