Pat Murphy named Brewers manager: Bench coach promoted to top job after Craig Counsell’s exit

Craig Counsell’s right-hand guy, bench coach Pat Murphy, is about to exchange him as supervisor, CBS Sports HQ’s Jim Bowden showed Monday night time. Counsell departed Milwaukee to develop into Cubs supervisor previous this offseason and the duo might be endlessly tied in combination within the baseball global. 

Murphy, 64, began his training profession at Maryville, the place he was once the top baseball coach and in addition an assistant soccer coach. He was once later the top baseball coach at Notre Dame, the place he coached, amongst others, long term World Series champion Counsell, who graduated in 1992. Murphy coached Notre Dame via 1994 after which was once Arizona State’s head coach from 1995-2009. 

From there, Murphy joined the Padres as a distinct assistant of baseball operations. He served as a supervisor within the Padres’ minor-league gadget at a number of stops earlier than ultimately taking up because the meantime supervisor of the big-league membership when Bud Black was once fired on June 16, 2015. Murphy went 42-54 the remainder of the way in which earlier than the Padres employed Andy Green on an enduring foundation for the 2016 season. 

It was once then that Murphy joined Counsell’s training personnel in Milwaukee. Counsell had taken over the Brewers right through the 2015 season and remodeled the training personnel the following offseason with Murphy turning into his relied on bench coach. 

The Brewers, who went 92-70 right through 2023 and gained the department for the second one time in 3 years, face a franchise-changing offseason as they make a decision what to do with looming loose brokers Corbin Burnes and Willy Adames, who each hit the marketplace after 2024.

Having Murphy increased from the No. 2 place within the dugout to supervisor will give them a little bit continuity as they give the impression of being to select up the items after Counsell’s departure to the division-rival Cubs. 

May 3 will mark the primary time Counsell and Murphy face off since their break up, because the Cubs host the Brewers for a three-game collection that weekend. The first time Counsell returns to Milwaukee as Cubs supervisor is May 27.