Gordon Scrimmages Emerson

I got my first look at this year’s team on Tuesday night at the Bennett Center in a scrimmage against Emerson. 
The visitors gave the 2009-10 Scots an end-to-end taste of  irritating man-to-man defense.  Open shots were few and that very active Emerson defense prevented Gordon from cashing in on height advantages at every position very [...]

Meeting New Coach Tod Murphy

I got my opportunity to talk to the new coach (Tod Murphy) on August 25th in his Gordon College office.  I already knew a little about him because of several internet stories.
In the interview, he told me that he knew nothing about Gordon before he heard about the head-coach opening.  “I wanted to move into [...]

New coach has NBA connection – Gordon College picks former T-Wolves player Murphy to lead program

(This story was in the Salem (MA) Evening News on July 23, 2009)
By Mike Grenier – staff writer
 Tod Murphy wouldn’t strike anyone as a name-dropper, but he did try to get in touch with Celtics assistant coach Tom Thibodeau before he was chosen to take over the men’s basketball program at Gordon College.
It wasn’t like [...]

Tod Murphy Named to Succeed Mike Schauer

June 15, 2009 – Gordon announcement
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Tod Murphy as the new men’s basketball coach. For the past six years, Murphy has been the lead assistant coach at the University of California at Irvine, his alma mater.  Prior to that, he spent two years as an assistant at the [...]