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Dot Murphy

Dot Murphy worked for the Hinds athletic department for 33 years, where she served as the assistant athletic director before her retirement in 2018. She became the first female football coach in National Junior College Athletic Association history when she was hired to coach wide receivers at Hinds in 1984. In March 1999, she was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame for her career as a basketball standout and was also listed as one of Mississippi’s top 50 Athletes of the Century in Sports Illustrated.

Murphy is a Mississippi University for Women graduate, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree. At MUW, she received All-American honors, was selected as Rookie of the Year in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (NIT) and was a member of the United States Women’s Basketball team in 1972 and 1973, where she was a silver medalist in the World University Games in Moscow, Russia in 1973.

After receiving her master of education degree from Mississippi State University, Murphy coached women’s basketball at various stops before coming to Hinds.

The Starkville High School graduate is married to Gene, and the couple has three children; son Kelly, and daughters Ashley and Jennifer, along with six grandchildren.

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER

Maben High (1966-1967)

Starkville High (1968-1970)

State Basketball Championships (’68, ‘70)

Overall State Title (’68)

Two time All State (’68, ‘70)

Team Captain, Mississippi High School All Star game (’70)

Scored 2,772 points in three years at Starkville High School with an average of 33 points per game

In 1968 and 1969, she competed in the Southern AAU track meet held in New Orleans, LA, where she won 1 gold medal in the 880 m. relay, 3 silver medals and 2 bronze medals

COLLEGE CAREER

Mississippi University for Women, Columbus (1971-1974)

Led MUW to National Woman’s Invitational Basketball Tournament National Championshio (’71)

All American (’72-’74)

First MUW player to score over 1,000 career points

Averaged 22 points a game in her four years at the “W”

Selected to play in the World University Games for the U.S. squad (’73)

Named an Outstanding College Athlete of America; honorable mention for that group’s Hall of Fame (’73, ‘74)

COACHING CAREER

Women’s Athletic Trainer, Mississippi State University (’74-’76)

Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach, UT Martin (’75-’76)

Head Women’s Basketball Coach, Itawamba Junior College (’76-’77)

Head Coach, PE Instructor, and director of the MUW basketball camp (’77-’82)

Hinds Junior College (1984-present)

Assistant football coach in charge of the receivers on the Eagle football team (’84-’87)

Full-time assistant coach, athletic training coordinator, and physical education instructor (’87-present)

DID YOU KNOW?

In 1973, Dot received a rare honor with a parade when Starkville proclaimed September 21, 1973, as ‘Dot Easterwood Day’.