Tyler Murray enters his first season at Clemson on Brad Brownell's staff as general manager.
“I can’t wait to welcome Tyler and his family to Clemson. He is a young talent in the business who is a creative thinker and will really excel in this role,” said Brownell. “He has worked for one of the best coaches in college basketball in Head Coach Lennie Acuff for the last six seasons at Lipscomb and Samford. He’s a really bright guy and an outstanding recruiter who is excited to attack this new challenge as general manager.”
Tyler Murray spent last season as the associate head coach at Samford. In his lone season in Birmingham, the Bulldogs finished 18-14 overall and 11-7 in the Southern Conference.
Murray joined the Bulldogs after spending five years with Head Coach Lennie Acuff at Lipscomb. He was elevated to the associate head coach role prior to the 2024-25 season as the Bisons went 25-10 overall and 14-4 in the Atlantic Sun. Lipscomb won the regular season and conference tournament titles as they made the NCAA Tournament as a No. 14-seed where it faced Iowa State.
Previously, Murray spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Furman University. During the 2018-2019 season, Murray helped guide the Paladins to wins over defending National Champion Villanova as well as Final Four participant Loyola Chicago. Furman started that season 12-0 and ranked No. 23 in the Top 25 poll. The Paladins finished the season 25-8 and qualified for the NIT postseason tournament, only the second NIT appearance in program history.
Prior to his time at Furman, Murray spent two seasons as the Head Coach at NCAA Division II Shorter University. In his second year in charge of the Hawks' program, Murray led the team to a 17-12 record with five wins over nationally ranked opponents. The team finished the 2016-17 season by qualifying for its second-straight postseason tournament while having the second-most NCAA wins in school history.
Before his time as Head Coach at Shorter, Murray was an assistant coach at Charleston Southern. During the 2014-15 season, the Bucs captured the Big South Conference regular season title as well as earned an automatic berth into the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), the first in program history.
In six seasons as an assistant at Shorter under current Clemson assistant coach Chad Warner, Murray helped guide the Hawks to their most successful run in program history. With Murray serving as recruiting coordinator, Shorter won 120 games, made two national tournament appearances and captured the program's first conference championship since 1977. In that same 2011-2012 season, Shorter finished the season ranked as the No. 1 team in the country with a record of 34-3.
Murray played collegiately at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, one of the winningest Division III programs in the country.
During his time at HSC, Murray helped lead the Tigers to the program's 10th Old Dominion Athletic Conference championship and a berth in the NCAA Division III National Tournament.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology in 2008 and a Master of Arts from Shorter in 2010.
Murray and his wife, Jessica, a former standout volleyball player at Shorter, are the proud parents to daughters Carson and Camden and son Carter.