SUNY Maritime

Career Record Years: 4 Record: 47-64 (.423)

Postseason Appearances Skyline: 2015, 2017

All-Conference Selections Skyline: 4

Michele Murray is heading into her fifth season as the head coach of the Maritime Volleyball team in the Fall of 2019.

Murray's fourth year saw the Privateers just miss out on back-to-back postseason appearances as the team finished 4-6 in Skyline play. Highlighting the 2018 season were two five-set wins over conference opponents at home. On October 11, Maritime took out St. Joseph's Brooklyn and then five days later the team defeated Sarah Lawrence in five at Reisenberg Hall Gymnasium. Senior Meredith Hayes capped off an incredible career as a Privateer with Second-Team All-Conference honors.

In her third year with the program Murray guided the team back to postseason play with a four-win conference season. The team finished with 10 wins overall as the team reached the postseason for the third time in four seasons. Following the conclusion of the season Shannon Brady earned Skyline All-Conference First Team honors, and was the first All-Conference First Teamer under the direction of Murray.

During her second stint with the team, Murray guided the program to a 14-14 overall record with a 6-5 mark over Skyline Conference opponents. Included in her league victories was the only conference loss suffered by regular season champion Farmingdale. Following the season, Carly Lombardo earned her second consecutive Skyline All-Conference second team selection under the guidance of Murray.
 
In her first season with the team, Maritime finished the year with a 16-15 overall record as the team became the first women's program at Maritime to finish with an overall record above .500. The team also qualified for the Skyline Conference Tournament for the second consecutive season and had its second straight All-Conference selection.
 
Murray came to Maritime from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York, where she served as an assistant coach for the Terriers in 2014. While at St. Francis, Murray helped the team to a combined 918 kills, 856 sets, 1,277 digs, 118 service aces and 138 blocks in 28 total matches.
 
In addition to her stint in Brooklyn Heights, Murray also served as the head coach of numerous national and regional teams at the Aviator Sports Club Volleyball program, having begun serving in that role since 2011.
 
From 2012 through 2014, she served as the varsity head coach of St. Edmund Prep High School in Brooklyn, and helped guide the team to the All-City Finals. In addition, she also helped initiate both the junior varsity girls program in 2013 and the varsity boys’ team in 2014.
 
Prior to her stints on the sideline, Murray was a member of the Le Moyne College Dolphins volleyball team, where during her senior season she helped the team to four straight-set wins in matches that she appeared in over Chestnut Hill, Molloy, St. Anselm, and Franklin Pierce.
 
A 2011 graduate of Le Moyne, Murray graduated with her degree in Pre-Health Biology while minoring in Chemistry. The Queens native, still resides in Queens.

 

Year	Overall	Conference	Postseason
2018	7-19 (.269)	4-6 (.400)
2017	10-16 (.385)	4-6 (.400)	Skyline Conference Tournament
2016	14-14 (.500)	6-5 (.545)
2015	16-15 (.516)	5-5 (.500)	Skyline Conference Tournament
Career	47-64 (.423)	19-22 (.463)