Bryan Murray (Born: December 5, 1942 in Shawville, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian ice hockey executive. He is currently the head coach of the National Hockey League Ottawa Senators. He has also been head coach of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Florida Panthers, Detroit Red Wings and Washington Capitals and also head coach of the American Hockey League's Hershey Bears and Western Hockey League's Regina Pats.

Murray, one of ten children of Clarence and Rhoda Murray, was born and raised in the small Ottawa Valley town of Shawville, Quebec. His brother Terry Murray was also an NHL coach. He played hockey growing up, joining the Shawville Pontiacs intermediate club at age fourteen and later joined the Rockland Nats of the Central Junior Hockey League. He attended MacDonald College in Montreal, and returned to Shawville and worked as a teacher. He then went into business, opening a sporting goods store and buying the local hotel.

He began as a part time coach with Pembroke of the CJHL. He earned a good reputation as a coach and was offered a job by the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League. He left his business interests in the hands of family members, and moved west. After taking Regina to the Memorial Cup he moved to the Hershey Bears of the AHL, where Murray won coach of the year. The next year he became head coach of the Washington Capitals.

In seven seasons with Washington Murray brought the team to the playoffs each year, and won the Jack Adams Award in 1984. In 1990 he became coach and general manager of the Detroit Red Wings. In four seasons there the team had mixed results, but Murray helped build the team that would be dominant in the later half of the 1990s. He then became General Manager of the expansion Florida Panthers. In 1996 the young Panthers made it to the Stanley Cup finals, and Murray was selected as NHL Executive of the Year. From 2002-4 Murray was General Manager of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and again saw his team quickly make a mark in the playoffs, reaching the Stanley Cup finals in 2003. In 2004 Murray surprised many by deciding to resign from the GM post in Anaheim and become coach of his hometown Senators.

Murray has been plagued in his coaching career with a lack of success in the playoffs.

See also

• List of NHL head coaches

External links

• Ottawa Sun profile

1942 births | Living people | Canadian ice hockey coaches | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim coaches | Washington Capitals coaches | Detroit Red Wings coaches | Florida Panthers coaches | Ottawa Senators coaches | Jack Adams Award winners | Quebec sportspeople