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Harvard Football competes against Princeton at Harvard Stadium on October 26, 2024.
Dylan Goodman

Football

Former Football Head Coach Tim Murphy to Receive George C. Carens Award

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Tim Murphy, the former Thomas Stephenson Family Head Coach for Harvard Football, has been named the 2024 recipient of the George C. Carens Award, the New England Football Writers Association announced today. The award will be presented at the New England Football Writers Captains and Awards Banquet on Thursday, December 12, at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel and Conference Center.
 
The Carens Award is presented annually to a person who through his or her life has made significant contributions to the sport of football in New England.
 
Murphy amassed more wins than any football coach in Harvard and Ivy League history, capturing his 200th victory against Penn, a decision that clinched the conference title in 2023. His overall career record including stints at Maine and Cincinnati was 232-134-1 (200-89 at Harvard).
 
In his 30 years at the helm of the Crimson, Murphy's teams won Ivy League titles in 1997, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2023, while posting undefeated seasons in 2001, 2004 and 2014. In his first season at Maine, his Black Bears tied for first in the Yankee Conference in 1987 and played in the NCAA FCS Championship Tournament for the first time. In five years at Cincinnati, Murphy took the Bearcats from a 1-9-1 record his first season to 8-3 prior to his move to Harvard.
 
In 2012, Murphy was elected president of the American Football Coaches Association after having served as the organization's vice president. He was named the AFCA Regional Coach of the Year in 1993, after leading Cincinnati to its first winning season in 11 years and was similarly honored in 2001, after Harvard's first undefeated season since 1913. The New England Football Writers Association selected Murphy as its Jack Grinold Division I Coach of the year recipient in 1997, 2001 and 2004.
 
Murphy is the third Harvard individual to be honored by the NEFW with the Carens Award. Long-time athletic trainer Jack Fadden (1959), and head coach Joe Restic, Murphy's predecessor (1993), are the previous Crimson recipients.

 
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