birth_place birth_date article_title name alma_mater
new york , new york 25 september 1944 mike murphy -lrb- american football -rrb-
 mike murphy huron university
mike murphy -lrb- american football -rrb-

mike murphy -lrb- born september 25 , 1944 -rrb- is an american football coach .
murphy was the defensive line coach for the university of vermont from 1970 to 1973 and idaho state university from 1974 to 1975 .
he became the defensive coordinator for idaho state in 1976 .
he was the linebackers coach at western illinois from 1977 to 1978 before becoming the defensive coordinator for the saskatchewan roughriders of the canadian football league from 1979 to 1983 .
in 1984 he was the defensive line coach for the chicago blitz of the united states football league .
murphy coached the linebackers for the detroit lions of the national football league from 1985 to 1989 .
he was the inside linebackers coach for the phoenix cardinals from 1990 to 1993 .
he was a pro personnel executive for the carolina panthers in 1994 .
he was a lb coach for the seattle seahawks from 1995 to 1997 .
murphy joined the indianapolis colts in 1998 as the team 's linebackers coach .
he held the position until 2011 , during which he was given the role of defensive coordinator following larry coyer 's firing .
he retired following the 2011 season .
