(November 22, 2008) -- Congratulations to ProStar Coaching client, Tim Murphy and his Harvard Crimson on winning their 2nd straight Ivy League Championship with a 10-0 win over Yale. In this 125th edition of The Game, the Crimson rolled up 370 yards against the #1 ranked defense in the nation (FCS),while limiting Yale to 90 yards.

Harvard finished the season with a 9-1 record, raising Murphy's career record at the school to 97-53. This is the 6th Ivy League title for Harvard during Murph's 15 year tenure as head coach. Equally as impressive, every four-year player recruited by Murphy to Harvard has both graduated from the university and been part of at least one Ivy League championship team.

What this Springfield College graduate has accomplished over his years at the helm in Cambridge is nothing short of remarkable, especially considering he was hired to rebuild a program which was mired in the longest streak of losing seasons in the school's then 120 year history. In the past 12 months alone, major national publications (Sporting News, Rivals, etc.) have listed Murphy as a great "short list candidate" for such schools as Michigan, Penn State, SMU and Virginia.

Harvard had never gone undefeated in league play and won the outright Ivy League title before Murph got there and since, it's happened during 4 of his 6 title runs. This season, Harvard also became the first school in Ivy League history to go 7 straight years with a minimum of 70% winning percentage...and that league has been around since 1934.

Prior to Harvard, Tim was the youngest head coach in Division I when he took the reigns at the University of Cincinnati. At Cincinnati, he led the Bearcats to the Independent Football Alliance Championship and the highest end-of-season national ranking (27th USAToday, 28th Associated Press) in school history. Tim's work at Cincinnati put that football program "on the map", nationally. Again, showing his commitment to the academic part of the equation, he was recognized there for being one of only 20 Division I schools to graduate at least 70% of their most recent recruiting class (1993), a precedent setting achievement at the University of Cincinnati.

His first head coaching position was at the University of Maine, when he was also the youngest head coach in the nation. At Maine, he led the Black Bears to both a Conference Championship and first-ever appearance in the I-AA playoffs, earning him Kodak Division I-AA Eastern Coach of the Year honors.

Off the field, Tim is held in very high esteem by his peers. In fact, he has been voted to serve on the American Football Coaches Association Board of Trustees, and is a past President of the NCAA Division I-AA Coaches Association.

Congratulations, again to one of college football's finest head coaches.

Paul Sheehy, President/General Counsel
Warren Schmidt, Senior Vice President
Jon Baker, Vice President
Terry Ray, Vice President
Howard Shatsky, Vice President