He was also the head basketball coach at Manhattan College (1912–1913) and at Northwestern (1914–1917), and the head baseball coach at Northwestern (1914–1916) and Kentucky (1925–1926).

In addition, Murphy served as Northwestern's athletic director from 1913 to 1918.

[2] Murphy was the 12th head coach at Northwestern University and he held that position for five seasons, from 1914 until 1918.

[7] Murphy's next move was to become the head coach at the University of Kentucky from 1924 to 1926.

Murphy later worked as a personnel manager for Interchemical Corp. in New York before retiring, in 1948, due to poor health.