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Patrick Murphy Named LSU Softball Head Coach - LSUsports.net

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Well, as if the softball season didn't end as brutally as possible, now we've got some reverse Saban (sans the stop in the pros) action hitting us. Head coach Patrick Murphy and Associate Head Coach Alyson Habetz are headed to Baton Rouge to take over LSU's softball program in the wake of Yvette Girouard's retirement. Murphy was Girouard's top assistant at Louisiana-Lafayette before coming to Alabama. I can't say I'm happy to lose Murphy, but he singlehandedly built Alabama softball into what it is today and our hats will forever be off to him. Now all we need is Mal Moore to work some more magic and go steal us a Pac 10 coach...