Digit Murphy

Digit Murphy
Murphy in 2015
Born (1961-12-07) December 7, 1961 (age 62)
Cranston, Rhode Island, U.S.
Position Centre[1]
Played for Cornell Big Red
Coached for Brown Bears
Boston Blades
Kunlun Red Star WIH
Toronto Six
Playing career 1979–1983
Coaching career 1987–present
Website digitmurphyathletics.com

Margaret Pearl "Digit" Murphy (née Degidio; born December 7, 1961) is an American ice hockey coach, administrator, and former college ice hockey player. She is president of the Metropolitan Riveters of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF).

Murphy has served as head coach of the Boston Blades, with whom she won two Clarkson Cups, and Kunlun Red Star WIH in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). She served as both head coach and president of the Toronto Six in the NWHL during the team’s inaugural season. Prior to joining the Blades, she was the head coach of the Brown Bears women's ice hockey program. She became the winningest coach in NCAA Division I women's ice hockey history during her 18th season at Brown (2006–07).[2] She finished her NCAA coaching career with 318 wins.[3]

  1. ^ "Hall of Fame - Margaret Degidio (Murphy)". Cornell University Athletics. 1994. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  2. ^ Gigante, Shelly (March 7, 2019). "How hockey legend Digit Murphy is helping future women athletes". MassMutual. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "Brown University Women's Ice Hockey: Digit Murphy". Brown University Athletics. 2008. Archived from the original on October 26, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2009.