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Tim Murray
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Director of Athletics
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Tim Murray Biography
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Courtesy: Marist Athletics
Release: 01/01/2011
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Tim Murray was hired as Director of Athletics at Marist College on Feb. 17, 1995. His athletic paradigm of commitment, leadership, integrity, discipline and accountability has proven to be a model for unprecedented success and growth for Marist athletics during his tenure.
Under Murray's direction, Marist athletics has undergone exceptional growth and achievement since joining the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in 1997, becoming one of the most competitive programs in the MAAC. The Red Foxes are the only school in conference history to win four consecutive MAAC Commissioner's Cups, awarded as a symbol of overall excellence in athletics, while capturing 20 Commissioner's Cups since he began at his post. In addition, Murray has increased the varsity sports from 20 to 23, adding women's soccer, women's lacrosse and women's water polo.
Murray has overseen the improvement of athletic facilities all over the Marist campus in recent years. In October 2007, Tenney Stadium - the home of Marist football, men's soccer, women's soccer, men's lacrosse and women's lacrosse - opened. The stadium features the DuraSpine FieldTurf playing surface, a modern press box, locker rooms, a concession stand and unique lawn-style seating for a capacity of 5,000. The previous fall, the Marist Tennis Pavilion opened on the East Campus. The facility includes eight courts which have the Deco II playing surface. In the winter of 2006, the McCann Center Field House renovation project was completed. The project included the addition of bleacher seating behind both baskets and has given the men's and women's basketball teams one of the top homecourt advantages in the conference. The improvement of facilities has also included upgrades to the boathouse and waterfront as well as the softball complex on the north end of campus.
In August 1997, the doors were opened to the McCann Expansion, a $3 million, 20,000-square foot expansion project that houses a premiere 7,000-square foot weight training facility and cardiovascular center. Additionally, Murray oversaw the renovation of the McCann Center, dedicating the Coaches Complex that includes office space for 23 varsity programs. In 2001, the Dr. Michael J. Maynard Center for Sports Medicine and the Center for Student-Athlete Enhancement were added to the McCann Center. The state-of-the-art sports medicine facility boasts a 1,600-square foot treatment room for rehabilitation and treatment and an added tape room to provide for the first-class treatment of Marist student-athletes. The Center for Student-Athlete Enhancement has provided study carousels, meeting and private tutoring rooms, and state of the art computer technology needed for student-athletes to succeed in the challenging Marist curriculum.
A hallmark of Murray's administration is his commitment to hosting conference championships. In his tenure, Marist has hosted the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships in swimming and diving, baseball, softball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's lacrosse, and women's water polo.
Murray's devotion to the betterment of collegiate athletics is evident by his involvement in various committees. He served one term on the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision Eastern Advisory Committee and NCAA Peer Review Committee, and was a member of the NCAA Championship Cabinet from 2001-05. Currently, Murray sits on the Baseball Eastern Advisory Committee and is the chair of the MAAC Awards Committee and MAAC Golf Committee. He previously served as chair of the MAAC Committee on Athletic Administration, and is presently a member of the MAAC Gender Equity Committee and MAAC Marketing Committee. He also was chair of the Marist College annual fund in 2006 and 2007.
An active member of the Hudson River Valley community, Murray is on the Board of Directors of the Mid-Hudson Civic Center and the New Horizons Foundation.
Murray began his association with Marist in 1986, when he served as an assistant coach on the men's basketball staff for three seasons and helped guide the Red Foxes to an NCAA berth in 1987. He left Marist for six years to serve as Associate Director of Athletics at Iona College.
Murray received his master's degree in Sports Management from St. Thomas University (Fla.), and a degree in Health and Physical Education from East Stroudsburg University in 1985.
A native of Bridgewater, N.J., Murray and his wife, Barbara, make their home in Poughkeepsie with their daughters, Katherine and Lauren, and son, Owen.
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