Will Murphy - Men's Basketball Coach - Wake Forest University Athletics

Will Murphy

Title:
Director of Player Development

Former Demon Deacon guard Will Murphy is in his fourth season on the Wake Forest basketball staff in 2016-17 and is in his first season as the Director of Player Development. Over his first three seasons on the Demon Deacon staff, he served as a video coordinator and the Director of Technology and Scouting.

Murphy, who is a Wake Forest alumnus, serves as a mentor for Demon Deacon student-athletes in their academic and professional development. He assists in recruiting by organizing and maintaining databases, sending mailouts and monitoring recruiting updates online. He also manages the planning of all on-campus recruiting visits. Murphy continues to assist in scouting opponents’ personnel and plays, and oversees the SportVu system, which provides in-depth statistics, including real-time player and ball positioning through sophisticated software and statistical algorithms.

Murphy served in the program as a student manager for three seasons before joining the active roster as a non-scholarship guard for the 2012-2013 season. Murphy earned a varsity letter in 2012-13 but did not see any game action after suffering a broken jaw during practice in early February.

Murphy graduated from Wake Forest in May of 2013 with a degree in mathematical business. A native of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Murphy played on the prep level at The Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tenn.