TERRY MURRAYHEAD COACH
Kings Coaching Staff | All-Time Coaches
Terry Murray was named head coach of the Kings on July 17, 2008. He joined the Kings with a wide range of NHL experience as a head coach, assistant coach, scout and player.
Formerly the head coach of the Washington Capitals, Florida Panthers and the Philadelphia Flyers, where he led that club to the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals, Murray is the 22nd head coach in Kings history. He had a 394-314-111 (entering 2009-10 - up-to-date record below) record during his 12 NHL seasons as a head coach. Before joining the Kings, Murray was an assistant coach with the Flyers for four seasons.
In 2008-09, Murray and his coaching staff helped the Kings improve in several categories from 2007-08 (wins, points, goals against, power play percentage and penalty kill percentage). The Kings allowed 32 fewer goals than the 2007-08 team and 49 fewer goals than the 2006-07 squad. Los Angeles’ penalty killing percentage went from 78 percent and 30th in the NHL in 2007-08 to 82.9 percent in 2008-09, seventh best in the NHL. The Kings also had the third-best road penalty killing unit in the NHL in 2008-09, clicking at 84.5 percent. The improved defensive trend was also evident in shots allowed, as the Kings allowed the fourth fewest shots in the NHL during the 2008-09 season (28.1/game). Other categories the Kings ranked high in were total hits (2,128, which was second most in the NHL) and faceoff percentage (52 percent, which was fourth highest in the league).
As the head coach of the Flyers for three seasons (1994-95 through 1996-97), Murray compiled a 118-64-30 record. In addition to the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals/Eastern Conference Championship, Murray coached the team to two Atlantic Division Championships (1995 and 1996).
He began his NHL head coaching career with Washington for five seasons (1989-90 through 1993-94) and compiled a 163-134-28 record with the Capitals. In his first season he helped lead the Capitals to the Eastern Conference Finals. Murray also coached Florida for three seasons (1998-99 through 2000-01) and compiled a 79-79-42 record, which included a franchise-record 98-point season and a team-record 43 wins in 1999-00. In all, Murray has guided his club to the playoffs in nine of his 12 seasons, and he has a 46-43 playoff record as a head coach.
Murray also served as an assistant coach with the Capitals (1983-84 through 1987-88); as head coach with the Baltimore Skipjacks of the American Hockey League (from 1988-89 through 1989-90); and as head coach with the Cincinnati Cyclones of the International Hockey League (1993-94).
As an NHL defenseman, Murray, 59 (7/20/50), played in 302 career NHL regular season games over eight seasons with Washington, Philadelphia (two stints), the Detroit Red Wings and the California Golden Seals/California Seals, who originally drafted Murray in the seventh round (88th overall) in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft. In those 302 regular season games he accumulated 80 points (4-76=80) and 199 penalty minutes. Murray also played in 18 playoff games during his playing career, notching four points (2-2=4) and 10 penalty minutes.
A native of Shawville, Quebec, Terry and his wife Linda have two daughters, Meaghan and Lindsey.
| REGULAR SEASON |
POSTSEASON | |||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LEAGUE | GAMES | W-L-OT | GAMES | W-L |
| 1983-84 | Washington | NHL | Assistant Coach | |||
| 1984-85 | Washington | NHL | Assistant Coach | |||
| 1985-86 | Washington | NHL | Assistant Coach | |||
| 1986-87 | Washington | NHL | Assistant Coach | |||
| 1987-88 | Washington | NHL | Assistant Coach | |||
| 1989-90 | Washington | NHL |
34
|
18-14-2
|
15
|
8-7
|
| 1990-91 | Washington | NHL |
80
|
37-36-7
|
11
|
5-6
|
| 1991-92 | Washington | NHL |
80
|
45-27-8
|
7
|
3-4
|
| 1992-93 | Washington | NHL |
84
|
43-34-7
|
6
|
2-4
|
| 1993-94 | Washington | NHL |
47
|
20-23-4
|
--
|
--
|
| 1994-95 | Philadelphia | NHL |
48
|
28-16-4
|
15
|
10-5
|
| 1995-96 | Philadelphia | NHL |
82
|
45-24-13
|
12
|
6-6
|
| 1996-97 | Philadelphia | NHL |
82
|
45-24-13
|
19
|
12-7
|
| 1998-99 | Florida | NHL |
82
|
30-34-18
|
--
|
--
|
| 1999-00 | Florida | NHL |
82
|
43-27-12
|
4
|
0-4
|
| 2000-01 | Florida | NHL |
36
|
6-18-12
|
--
|
--
|
| 2003-04 | Philadelphia | NHL | Assistant Coach | |||
| 2005-06 | Philadelphia | NHL | Assistant Coach | |||
| 2006-07 | Philadelphia | NHL | Assistant Coach | |||
| 2007-08 | Philadelphia | NHL | Assistant Coach | |||
| 2008-09 | Los Angeles | NHL | 82 |
34-37-11
|
-
|
-
|
| 2009-10 Los Angeles | NHL
|
23
|
13-8-2
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
Totals
|
842
|
407-322-113
|
89
|
46-43
|
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