Alan Murray is in his seventh year as the head men’s golf coach at the University of Washington, coming to the UW from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the 10th head coach in the history of the Huskies' program.
Since joining Washington prior to the 2016-17 season, Murray has helped Washington remain one of the best programs in college golf, and in his most recent season – 2021-22 – the program enjoyed some of the most spectacular highlights in its history. The Huskies, playing as the host at Aldarra Golf Club in Sammamish, Wash., won the Pac-12 Championship, with senior Noah Woolsey also winning medalist honors, in dramatic fashion, as the individual title came down to the final hole.
The 2021-22 season included a remarkable six team tournament titles, capped by the Pac-12 victory. Murray also coached tranfer student RJ Manke, who spent much of the season as the nation's top-ranked college golfer, earning Pac-12 Golfer of the Year and first-team All-America. The Huskies also ahd three all-region selections and Murray himself was honored as Pac-12 Coach of the Year.
Through the end of the 2021-22 season, the Huskies have won 10 tournaments as a team and had 13 individuals earn medalist honors during Coach Murray's tenure. During that same span, the Huskies have produced a first-team All-American, an honorable mention All-American, seven All-West Region golfers, one All-Pac-12 first-team selection, four All-Pac-12 second team members, four All-Pac-12 honorable mentions and 15 All-Pac-12 Academic members, along with a Pac-12 Player of the Year.
Murray did a masterful job of navigating two COVID-19 shortened seasons in 2021 and 2020. In 2021 the Huskies had three golfers earn All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention honors and finished fourth at the Pac-12 Championship. They would go on to the NCAA Cle Elum Regional and tied for seventh, the second NCAA appearance with Murray at the helm.
The Huskies were poised for great things in 2020 before the pandemic hit. They won three tournaments as a team and had two Pac-12 Golfers of the Month in Petr Hruby and Noah Woolsey before college golf shut down. Woolsey was medalist in two events, winning the Old Town Club Collegiate and sharing top honors with Henry Lee at the Georgetown Intercollegiate. Lee also won the Arizona Intercollegiate and Jan Schneider tied for the win at the Husky Invitational. Woolsey was a PING Honorable Mention All-American and was joined on the GCAA PING All-West Region team by teammate Henry Lee.
In Murray's second season, he instructed Second Team All-Pac-12 Golfer Carl Yuan and helped him finish 16th at the NCAA Championships. Yuan would record four top-10 finishes, including second at the Pac-12 Championship.
In his first year at Washington, Murray helped guide the Huskies to a third-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships and seventh place at the NCAA West Regionals. During the season, Washington placed in the top five in seven tournaments and had one individual medalist (Corey Pereira – Querencia Cabo Classic). In addition, two Husky golfers earned PING All-West Region honors (Pereira and Carl Yuan) with four earning Pac-12 All-Academic honors (Yuan – 1st team; Kevin Kwon – 2nd Team; Frank Garber and Pereira – Honorable Mention).
Considered a rising star within the collegiate golf community, Murray earned Golfweek's 2014 National Coach of the Year honors, and led the Blazers to their first-ever NCAA Regional Title in 2015.
Murray played college golf at Toledo from 1998-2002, earning All-MAC honors as a player and leading the Rockets to the 2002 MAC Championship. Following his collegiate career, the Ireland native competed on the European Challenge Tour and the Europro Tour. Murray began his collegiate coaching career as an assistant at UAB in 2011.
