Mike Murray (American football)

American football coach (born c. 1961)

Mike Murray
Current position
Title	Assistant head coach & defensive coordinator
Team	Illinois Wesleyan
Conference	CCIW
Biographical details
Born	c. 1961 (age 63–64)
Alma mater	Illinois Wesleyan University (1984)
Playing career
Football
1980–1983	Illinois Wesleyan
Baseball
1980–1983	Illinois Wesleyan

Position(s)	Tight end (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1985–1986	Illinois Wesleyan (GA)
1987–1996	Illinois Wesleyan (DC)
1997–2000	Dubuque
2001–2002	Benedictine (IL)
2005	Bloomington Extreme (OC)
2006–2007	Illinois Wesleyan (OC)
2008–2010	Illinois Wesleyan (DC/LB)
2011	Bloomington Extreme
2013–2017	North Central (IL) (DC)
2018–2019	Robert Morris (IL) (AHC/DC)
2020–2022	Roosevelt (assoc. HC/DC)
2023–2024	Elmhurst
2025–present	Illinois Wesleyan (AHC/DC)
Track and field
1987–1996	Illinois Wesleyan
Men's golf
2014–2015	North Central (IL)

Head coaching record
Overall	18–62 (college football) 9–5 (IFL)
Tournaments	0–1 (IFL playoffs)

Michael Murray (born c. 1961) is an American football coach. He is the assistant head football coach and defensive coordinator for Illinois Wesleyan University, a position he has held since 2025. He was the head football coach for the University of Dubuque from 1997 to 1999, Benedictine University from 2000 to 2001, Elmhurst University from 2023 to 2024, and the Bloomington Extreme of the Indoor Football League (IFL) in 2011. He was also the head track and field coach for Illinois Wesleyan University from 1987 to 1996 and the head men's golf coach for North Central University from 2014 to 2015. He also coached football for Illinois Wesleyan, North Central (IL), Robert Morris (IL), and Roosevelt. He played college football and baseball for Illinois Wesleyan.

Head coaching record

Arena football

Team	Year	Regular season				Postseason
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
BLO	2011	9	5	.643	2nd in Great Lakes	0	1	.000	Lost Wild Card Round (Omaha)
Career total		9	5	.643		0	1	.000

College football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Dubuque Spartans (Iowa Conference) (1997–2000)
1997	Dubuque	3–7	1–7	8th
1998	Dubuque	0–10	0–10	11th
1999	Dubuque	1–9	1–8	11th
2000	Dubuque	0–10	0–10	11th
Dubuque:		4–36	2–35
Benedictine Eagles (Illini–Badger Football Conference) (2001–2002)
2001	Benedictine	4–6	4–3	T–3rd
2002	Benedictine	4–6	3–4	5th
Benedictine:		8–12	7–7
Elmhurst Bluejays (College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) (2023–2024)
2023	Elmhurst	3–7	2–7	T–8th
2024	Elmhurst	3–7	3–6	T–7th
Elmhurst:		6–14	5–13
Total:		18–62

References

"Mike Murray Returns as Williamson's Defensive Coordinator". Illinois Wesleyan University. January 13, 2025. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
"Mike Murray - Head Football Coach - Football Coaches". Elmhurst University Athletics. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
"Mike Murray Named Head Football Coach". Elmhurst University Athletics. December 19, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
@ElmhurstU_FB (December 28, 2022). "Mike Murray Named Head Football Coach". BVM Sports. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
"Murray Resigns as Head Football Coach". Elmhurst University. January 13, 2025. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
"The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois". Newspapers.com. October 5, 2010. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
"Rundle Named New Assistant Grid Coach at Illinois Wesleyan". Illinois Wesleyan University Athletics. December 19, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
"North Central names Mike Murray head men's golf coach". cciw.org. November 1, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
"Mike Murray - Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers - Football Coaches". Illinois Wesleyan University Athletics. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
Samuels, Doug (December 28, 2022). "Elmhurst announces Mike Murray as new head coach". Footballscoop. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
"Mike Murray". Roosevelt University. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
Kindred, Randy (January 7, 2023). "Kindred: Illinois Wesleyan grad Mike Murray embracing Elmhurst challenge". pantagraph.com. Retrieved January 22, 2024.

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Dubuque Spartans head football coaches

Benson (1909)
No team (1910–1911)
John Saathoff (1912–1913)
John Chalmers (1914–1924)
No team (1925–1928)
Clarence T. Peterson (1929–1930)
Austin Griffen (1931–1933)
John McCaffrie (1934–1936)
Paul Fitzke (1937–1938)
Kenneth E. Mercer (1939–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Kenneth E. Mercer (1945–1961)
Owen P. Evans (1962–1968)
Maury Waugh (1969–1974)
Larry Pohlman (1975–1976)
Don Birmingham (1977–1983)
Myron Smith (1984–1986)
Don Turner (1987–1989)
Mike Messer (1990–1993)
Jim Collins (1994–1996)
Mike Murray (1997–2000)
Vince Brautigam (2001–2008)
Stan Zweifel (2009–2023)
Ryan Maiuri (2024– )

v t e Benedictine Eagles head football coaches
Unknown (1917–1920) Leo Rahak (1921–1922) Benedict Brauer (1923–1926) Robert Mastny (1927–1928) Aloysius Vanek (1929) Robert Mastny (1930) Bill Fuzak (1931) Jack Meluch (1932–1933) Robert Mastny (1934–1936) Julian Heim (1937–1942) No team (1943–1947) Milo Harshbarger (1949–1955) Thomas Loehman (1956–1957) James Rugheimer (1958) Henry Knight (1959–1962) Paul Amadio (1963) Fred Churchill (1964) Chuck Kurt (1965–1969) Tom Beck (1970–1974) Marv Carlson (1975–1978) Ralph Young (1979–1983) Bill Barz (1984–1989) John Welty (1990–1997) Rob Boras (1998) Jeff Hand (1999–2000) Mike Murray (2001–2002) Tom Mitchell (2003–2004) Jon Cooper (2005–2015) Josiah Sears (2016–2017) Brad McCaslin (2018) Jim Schroeder (2019– )

Benedictine Eagles head football coaches

Unknown (1917–1920)
Leo Rahak (1921–1922)
Benedict Brauer (1923–1926)
Robert Mastny (1927–1928)
Aloysius Vanek (1929)
Robert Mastny (1930)
Bill Fuzak (1931)
Jack Meluch (1932–1933)
Robert Mastny (1934–1936)
Julian Heim (1937–1942)
No team (1943–1947)
Milo Harshbarger (1949–1955)
Thomas Loehman (1956–1957)
James Rugheimer (1958)
Henry Knight (1959–1962)
Paul Amadio (1963)
Fred Churchill (1964)
Chuck Kurt (1965–1969)
Tom Beck (1970–1974)
Marv Carlson (1975–1978)
Ralph Young (1979–1983)
Bill Barz (1984–1989)
John Welty (1990–1997)
Rob Boras (1998)
Jeff Hand (1999–2000)
Mike Murray (2001–2002)
Tom Mitchell (2003–2004)
Jon Cooper (2005–2015)
Josiah Sears (2016–2017)
Brad McCaslin (2018)
Jim Schroeder (2019– )

v t e Elmhurst Bluejays head football coaches
Robert G. Leonhardt (1920–1921) Robert M. Hale (1922–1927) Fred McFarland (1928–1930) Ralph Curtis (1931–1932) Oliver M. Lanhorst (1933–1948) William Kastrinos (1949–1952) Joe Palmieri (1953–1955) Spud Owen (1956–1958) James Stone (1959) Oliver M. Lanhorst (1960–1962) Wendell Harris (1963–1973) Al Hanke (1974–1975) Tom Beck (1976–1983) Bruce Hoffman (1984–1988) Charlie Goehl (1989–1992) Paul Krohn (1993–2003) Tom Journell (2004–2007) Tim Lester (2008–2012) Joe Adam (2013) Ron Planz (2014–2018) Jeff McDonald (2019) No team (2020) Jeff McDonald (2021–2022) Mike Murray (2023–2024)

Elmhurst Bluejays head football coaches

Robert G. Leonhardt (1920–1921)
Robert M. Hale (1922–1927)
Fred McFarland (1928–1930)
Ralph Curtis (1931–1932)
Oliver M. Lanhorst (1933–1948)
William Kastrinos (1949–1952)
Joe Palmieri (1953–1955)
Spud Owen (1956–1958)
James Stone (1959)
Oliver M. Lanhorst (1960–1962)
Wendell Harris (1963–1973)
Al Hanke (1974–1975)
Tom Beck (1976–1983)
Bruce Hoffman (1984–1988)
Charlie Goehl (1989–1992)
Paul Krohn (1993–2003)
Tom Journell (2004–2007)
Tim Lester (2008–2012)
Joe Adam (2013)
Ron Planz (2014–2018)
Jeff McDonald (2019)
No team (2020)
Jeff McDonald (2021–2022)
Mike Murray (2023–2024)

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