| Charles M. Murphy | |
| Birth Date: | 15 December 1913 |
| Birth Place: | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1935–1937 |
| Player Team2: | Middle Tennessee |
| Player Sport3: | Baseball |
| Player Years4: | 1936–1938 |
| Player Team4: | Middle Tennessee |
| Player Years5: | 1938 |
| Player Team5: | Meridian Scrappers |
| Player Years6: | 1938 |
| Player Team6: | Jersey City Giants |
| Player Years7: | 1939–1940 |
| Player Team7: | Fort Smith Giants |
| Player Years8: | 1941 |
| Player Team8: | Meridian Eagles |
| Player Positions: | First baseman, outfielder, second baseman (baseball) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1947–1968 |
| Coach Team2: | Middle Tennessee |
| Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
| Coach Years4: | 1948–1949 |
| Coach Team4: | Middle Tennessee |
| Coach Sport5: | Baseball |
| Coach Years6: | 1951–1955 |
| Coach Team6: | Middle Tennessee |
| Admin Years1: | 1947–1981 |
| Admin Team1: | Middle Tennessee |
| Overall Record: | 155–63–8 (football) 11–12 (basketball) 42–24–1 (baseball) |
| Bowl Record: | 2–2 |
| Championships: | Football 9 VSAC (1947, 1949–1953, 1955–1957) 7 OVC (1956–1959, 1962, 1964–1965) |
| Awards: | Football OVC Coach of the Year (1965) |
Charles M. "Bubber" Murphy (December 15, 1913 – January 31, 1999) was an American college football, college basketball, and college baseball coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Middle Tennessee State University from 1947 to 1968, compiling a record of 155–63–8. Murphy was also the head basketball coach at Middle Tennessee State for one season in 1948–49 and the head baseball coach at the school in 1951 and from 1953 to 1955. The Murphy Center, an athletic facility at Middle Tennessee State, was named in his honor when it was completed in 1972. In 1976, he was inducted to the Sports Hall of Fame at Middle Tennessee State and the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.[1] [2]
Murphy lettered in football, baseball, basketball, and tennis at Middle Tennessee. He then played professional baseball in the minor league system of the New York Giants. Murphy died of cancer, on January 31, 1999, at the Alvin C. York Veterans Administration Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.[3] [4]