Dot Murphy

Dorothy Faye Murphy ( Easterwood; born September 20, 1952) is an American former basketball player and coach, and current junior college football assistant coach for Hinds Community College. She became the first female football coach in National Junior College Athletic Association history when she was hired to coach wide receivers at Hinds in 1984.

Playing career and personal Murphy was born to Thad, a high school football coach in Mississippi, on September 20, 1952. She attended Starkville High School.

She played basketball at the Mississippi University for Women (MUW) as a forward. She earned All-America honors in 1974. Her position was terminated when MUW moved from Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) Division I to NCAA Division II for the 1982–83 season.

Football coaching career Murphy's husband Gene was hired as defensive coordinator for the Hinds Junior College football team in 1983. as their wide receivers coach for the football program in August 1984, joining her husband on the coaching staff. Her husband Gene was promoted to head coach in 1987.