Kenyon Murray attended Central High School in Battle Creek, Michigan. He was named Mr. Basketball for the state of Michigan, and chose to attend Iowa.

At Iowa, he played in all 122 games during his four-year career, starting 95 of them. With 1,230 points, Murray is 16th on Iowa's all-time scoring list. His 200 career steals has him sitting third all-time. Murray still holds the Iowa record for most steals in a single game with nine against Ohio State in 1995.

In 2019, his twin sons Keegan and Kris committed to Iowa for the 2020-2021 season.

After Iowa, Murray went on to play professional basketball in the CBA and IBL. In 1998, he was runner up for the league MVP, averaging 25 points, eight assists and eight rebounds a game.