Jack Murphy

Current position: Associate head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Arizona Wildcats (Head coach: Tommy Lloyd)
Current conference: Big 12 Conference
Teams coached: Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
Northern Arizona record: 78-149 (.344)
Overall record: 78-149 (.344)

Jack Murphy
Born July 25, 1979
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada
Alma Mater: University of Arizona (BA, 2002 & MA, 2005)
Was a student manager under Hall of Fame head coach Lute Olson for four years at Arizona
- Spent four more seasons working for the program in various capacities, including spending the 2005-06 season as DBO
Hired in 2006 to be on George Karl’s staff with the NBA’s Denver Nuggets; stayed with the team for three seasons
Joined Josh Pastner‘s staff at Memphis in 2009, working as one of his assistants for the next three seasons
- Pastner played at Arizona and worked as an assistant there while Murphy was with the program
Was hired in April 2012 to be the head coach of the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
- Inherited a team that won just 5 games in 2011-12 and was able to win 23 games and finish as CIT runner-up in 2015, his third year
Stepped down in June 2019 to become the associate head coach on Sean Miller‘s staff at alma mater Arizona
- After Miller was fired in April 2021, Murphy was as retained in his role by new head coach Tommy Lloyd – the program moved to the Big 12 ahead of the 2024-25 season