MUDITA with Patrick Murphy (1 of 2)

John Mayer· Host0:00

[upbeat music] Welcome to Coach Your Brains Out, the show that explores learning and leadership from the top minds in volleyball and beyond, with your hosts, John Mayer and Billy Allen.

Billy Allen· Host0:14

We're excited to welcome to the show the head softball coach at the University of Alabama, Patrick Murphy. Coach Murphy, thanks for joining us.

Patrick Murphy· Guest0:22

Hey, this is quite an honor, and great timing as well with, uh, the end of the volleyball season, and I'm a huge volleyball fan, so this is, uh, gonna be a great time. So I appreciate you having me.

Billy Allen· Host0:33

Yeah, really cool. I wish we would've... If I would've known that, I wish we could've stole you in the volleyball world many, many years ago, and we'd be lucky to have you. But I'm glad we, uh, get to share, uh, some of, uh, a lot of your knowledge here today. I was gonna go over your bio, 'cause we do have mostly a volleyball audience in case people aren't aware. Uh, 27 years at Alabama. Is that correct, 27?

Patrick Murphy· Guest0:54

Well, this is year 30, but 28 as the head coach.

Billy Allen· Host0:57

28 as the head coach, year 30, two years as an assistant. Uh, won a national championship, multiple time coach of the year, multiple time SEC champion, you're in the Hall- Alabama Hall of Fame. I could go on and on and on, but I also thought, you know, people can hear all these accolades. Maybe there's something in your coaching bio you'd want people to hear that I can't just look up on Wikipedia. Is, is there something you'd want the volleyball audience to know about your coaching bio?

Patrick Murphy· Guest1:23

I think... You know, I spoke at a baseball convention at the, uh, Illinois High School Baseball, um,