Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1982
As a senior, he earned All-American basketball honors in addition to being named to the All-ACC first team. Murdock scored 1,239 points in his three-year varsity career, averaging 14.9 points per game.
An 85.8 percent career free throw shooter, he held the major college record for career free-throw percentage and set the ACC record by converting 39 straight free-throw attempts. He remains one of only two players in ACC history to lead the league in field-goal percentage and free-throw percentage in the same season. He did so in 1955-56.
Murdock was also a catcher on the Deacons' 1957 baseball team, which finished second in the ACC.
Murray Greason, Murdock's former coach said, "I've never seen a better competitor. Jackie's among the best."
Murdock returned to Wake Forest in 1960 as a member of the Deacon basketball staff and served as freshman coach for four seasons. He served one year as an assistant coach under Bones McKinney before succeeding McKinney to serve one season as head coach.
Jack Murdock was inducted into the Wake Forest University Sports Hall of Fame on September 25, 1982.
Also an outstanding baseball and softball player, Murdock was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. He is also a member of the North Carolina Softball Hall of Fame.
Following his coaching career, Murdock spent 24 years working for the state Department of Transportation.
