Mike Murray (American football)
American football coach (born c. 1961)
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Michael Murray (born c. 1961) is an American football coach. He is the assistant head football coach and defensive coordinator for Illinois Wesleyan University, positions he has held since 2025.[1] 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,[2][3][4][5] and the Bloomington Extreme of the Indoor Football League (IFL) in 2011.[6][7] 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.[8] He also coached football for Illinois Wesleyan,[9] North Central (IL),[10] Robert Morris (IL), and Roosevelt.[11] He played college football and baseball for Illinois Wesleyan.[12]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant head coach & defensive coordinator |
| Team | Illinois Wesleyan |
| Conference | CCIW |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1961 (age 64–65) |
| Alma mater | Illinois Wesleyan University (1984) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1980–1983 | Illinois Wesleyan |
| Baseball | |
| 1980–1983 | Illinois Wesleyan |
| Position | 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) |
Head coaching record
Indoor football
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||
