Preston Murphy, Associate Head Coach

[ace]

Congrats to Preston on the promotion. Well deserved!

http://www.gorhody.com/sports/m-baskbl/ ... 04023bjcgq

[bigappleram]

Great news!

[Billyboy78]

Awesome! I assume that comes with a raise to hopefully keep him here for a while?

[BCRhody03]

Awesome news!!! Well deserved too.

[ramster]

Good for recruiting too.

[TruePoint]

That's awesome for Preston and for the program. I'm sure other head coaches have taken notice of his recruiting success, so vital to keep him happy.

[rodfromcranston]

Super news! NOBODY works harder than Preston Murphy!!!

[bigappleram]

That associate tag will eventually come off during his time at URI, I believe its only a matter of time.

[ramfan85]

It's about time.

[rhodyfan3]

Awesome news!

[rambone 78]

Good to see, the man gets results.

A coach-in-waiting.

[GY=URI]

Congratulations to Preston , as commented before me , long overdue public acknowledgement of his hard work and dedication.
And thank you to those who helped it happen.

[GY=URI]

UGH!!!! My first post. How long do I have to live with ME-BURY?

[TruePoint]

UGH!!!! My first post. How long do I have to live with ME-BURY?

You're good now, friend.

[SGreenwell]

UGH!!!! My first post. How long do I have to live with ME-BURY?

You're good now, friend.

heh, I will confess that I still love that aspect of the user titles...

[Ramulous]

Bravo, Preston, bravo !!!

[Rhody74]

So happy for Preston! Well deserved!!

[Miramfan]

That is great news for Preston. I wonder how much coin he will be making now.

[rambone 78]

More than he's getting now, which was recently raised to 100K a year.

I would guess somewhere between 125-150K. That would put him in the ballpark as far as most A10 associate coaches go, I think.

[adam914]

This is such great news, we need Preston at URI as long as possible. Very much deserved promotion. Congrats coach!

[Running Ram]

Hoooo Rahhh!!!!!!! PMurph, you're the MAN!! I agree with all those who believe this is a well deserved promotion.

[ATPTourFan]

Great to wake up to this news! Very glad for a key asset to our program's future and a great guy, Coach P Murph!!

[rodfromcranston]

A great pro-active move by Thorr and company.
This is the kind of thing we rarely, if ever, saw in the past.

[Rhodekill]

congratulations, Preston....one of our own rising and being acknowledged. Very well deserved and a smart move by Dan...

[Taylor Swift]

This is great news! Congrats to Preston!

[ramfan85]

This is a rarity. We finally have a post where everyone is in total agreement.

[Billyboy78]

Do you guys think that Preston will someday be the HC of the URI Rams? This move puts him one step closer, I would think.

[Rhody74]

Do you guys think that Preston will someday be the HC of the URI Rams? This move puts him one step closer, I would think.

Depends how long Dan stays. If Dan gets hired in a year or two by a bigger program, then I think Murphy is at the top of the list for his replacement. If Dan stays longer, Preston will get a shot at another HC gig.

[rodfromcranston]

Who can say? Some assistants stay forever, like Hopkins at Syracuse.
It's up to Preston if he stays or goes or what his ambitions really are.

[Rhody Guy]

How many guys are career assistants at non-premier teams though? I don't pay attention to assistants elsewhere.

[URIGONZO]

Rod, being a lifer assistant at Syracuse is quite different that being a lifer assistant at URI - I would imagine.

I have to think we have Dan for 3 more years at least. The team would need to show some serious on-court success for him to make another school up his pay.

[Billyboy78]

It's also possible that if Preston gets a job as a HC at another school, that he comes back here when Dan does leave. This is Preston's home now.

[RIFan]

Congrats Preston! Rhody nation is proud of you.

[RF1]

bump

I guess a lot can change in two weeks.

[Ramblinrose]

Those were the days.