Bryan Murray Bio

Bryan Murray, 61, was named head coach of the Ottawa Senators on June 8, 2004. The former NHL coach of the year and fifth head coach in the Senators’ new era, he will enter his 24th consecutive season in the NHL. The Shawville, Que., native comes to the Senators from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim where he served as senior vice-president and general manager. Murray was promoted to the posts in May 2002 where he moulded the Ducks into Western Conference champions in 2002-03. Named the Ducks fifth head coach for the 2001-02 season, he selected Mike Babcock as his replacement for the past two seasons. Murray joined the NHL coaching fraternity with the Washington Capitals on Nov. 11, 1981. He remained at the helm of the Capitals for the following 81/2 seasons. Beginning with his first full season behind the Washington bench, the club had winning records and averaged 95 points per season over the next seven years. Murray won the Jack Adams Award in 1983-84 as the NHL’s coach of the year. His 14 years of coaching in the NHL, which has also seen seasons with the Detroit Red Wings and Florida Panthers, have Murray ranked sixth in the NHL in all-time games coached (1,057) and seventh for wins (513). He coached his 1,000th NHL game with Anaheim on Nov. 28, 2001, against Edmonton and earned his 500th victory at Dallas (6-1 win) on Jan. 25, 2002. A former student of Macdonald College at McGill University, Murray spent four years as the athletic director and coach at the school. He left that post to become head coach of the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League in 1979-80 where he led the Pats to the WHL championship. Murray took over as coach of the American Hockey League’s (AHL) Hershey Bears the next season and was named the minor league coach of the year by The Hockey News after leading Hershey to its best record in 40 years. Bryan and his wife, Geri, have two daughters, Heide and Brittany.

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Bryan Murray!!

It looks we got another Murray under our sleeve. The Ottawa Sun reported today. I will post the article and then I will post a bio. If, this is true and Bryan Murray is an option...this would be the BEST thing for our club. Murray built most of the team that won the Stanley Cup this year. Anyway here is the Article

The Senators might not be the only option for coach Bryan Murray. Two league sources told the Sun yesterday they believe the Columbus Blue Jackets may seek permission to speak with Murray about the club's vacant GM's job. It's doubtful the Senators would give permission. President Roy Mlakar and GM John Muckler have made it clear they'd like to have Murray, 64, back as the team's coach next season. If Murray, a well-respected former GM of the Florida Panthers, Detroit Red Wings and Anaheim Ducks, is in the picture in Columbus, it could put pressure on Senators owner Eugene Melnyk to make a move quickly. Murray would be free to leave on July 1.
"If the Senators don't sign Bryan Murray, then he's going to have options if he doesn't mind leaving the city," said an NHL executive yesterday.
The Jackets were poised to hire Anaheim assistant GM Bob Murray last week, but sources say he pulled out of the running when he realized he wasn't going to have full say with coach Ken Hitchcock already under contract. ALL-DAY MEETING Columbus owner John H. McConnell met all day Friday with Edmonton Oilers assistant GM Scott Howson. The club also has permission to speak with Dallas assistant GM Les Jackson. Former Calgary coach Dave King, interim GM Jim Clark and top scout Don Boyd are also being considered. While the players cleaned out their lockers Saturday, Murray said he didn't have any designs to be a GM. "I'm not interested in both jobs," said Murray. "My discussions with John were very straightforward: He just asked, 'Do you want to come back as the coach?' And, I just said, 'I believe so, there's no reason why I don't want to be.' " It doesn't mean if Muckler retires, there couldn't be a plan in place to have Murray take over that role.