Bryan Murray (ice hockey)

Bryan Murray
Bryan Murray as general manager of the Senators in 2013
Born	Bryan Clarence Murray (1942-12-05) December 5, 1942 (age 74) Shawville, Quebec, Canada
Alma mater	Macdonald College
Occupation	ice hockey executive, coach
Spouse(s)	Geri
Relatives	Terry Murray (brother) Tim Murray (nephew)

Bryan Clarence Murray (born December 5, 1942) is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former coach. He served as general manager of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL), from 2007 to 2016. He has previously been general manager of the NHL's Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Florida Panthers and Detroit Red Wings. He was also the head coach for the Washington Capitals, Detroit Red Wings, Florida Panthers, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and Ottawa Senators, for a total of 17 full or partial seasons.

He has compiled over 600 NHL victories in regular season games. In his 13 full NHL seasons as head coach, he has taken his teams to the playoffs 12 times. In other leagues, he has been head coach of the American Hockey League's Hershey Bears and the Western Hockey League's Regina Pats.

Bryan's younger brother, Terry Murray, was head coach for the Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers, Florida Panthers and Los Angeles Kings.

Murray played hockey in his hometown of Shawville growing up, joining the Shawville Pontiacs intermediate club at age 14. He later joined the Rockland Nationals of the Central Junior Hockey League. He attended Macdonald College, a suburban campus of McGill University, which is located in Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec. He returned to Shawville and worked as a gym teacher. He then went into business buying a local motel.