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Margaret Degidio Murphy is the former head coach of the Boston Blades in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. Prior to joining the Blades, she was the head coach of the Brown Bears women's ice hockey program. She became the most victorious coach in Division I women's ice hockey history during her 18th season at Brown (2006–2007). She would finish her NCAA coaching career with 318 career wins.

As a student athlete at Cornell, Murphy had several accomplishments. She was a four-year letter winner for the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey team and was the Big Red team captain as a junior and a senior. In 1981, she was named Ivy League Player of the Year and finished her career with 123 goals and 90 assists. She was enshrined in the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994

Murphy was inducted in the International Scholar Athlete Hall of Fame. Prior to coaching at Brown, she was a student athlete at Cornell University. The women's hockey Most Valuable Player Award at Cornell is named after her.

Murphy has had records of .500 or better in 14 of her 18 seasons as head coach at Brown. During the 2006-07 season, a 3-1 victory over Boston University made Murphy the most victorious coach in Division I women's hockey history. With the victory, she passed former Providence and Yale coach John Marchetti. In the same season, the Bears beat Union, 6-0 for the 300th win of her career. In 2010, Murphy applied for the Brown University men’s hockey head coaching job.

Her time at Brown consisted of 6 ECAC titles and 5 Ivy League Titles. In addition, Murphy’s players have included 1 Patty Kazmaier Award winner, 3 All-Americans and 7 participants in women’s ice hockey at the Winter Games, including three-time gold medalist Becky Kellar. As a side note, Amanda Asay, who competed for Murphy from 2006–09 was a participant in the inaugural women’s baseball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games. Murphy was the first female coach inducted into Brown’s Wall of Honor.

For the 2012-13 Canadian Women's Hockey League CWHL season, Murphy was the head coach and general manager of the Boston Blades. She would lead the franchise to the 2013 Clarkson Cup and 2015 Clarkson Cupchampionships, along with an appearance in the finals of the 2014 Clarkson Cup. Murphy was named the 2013 CWHL Coach of the Year and was credited as the winning coach for Team Red in the inaugural 1st Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game.

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