𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 | 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫 | 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐖𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫
During his nearly 20 seasons, Murphree coached 81 All-Americans and 11 individual National champions. Two MVC alumni coached by Murphree have also competed at the Olympic level.

Maria Dunn represented Guam at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and Jacarra Winchester represented the United States at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

“I am so blessed to have had the opportunity to coach at Valley, they have always been supportive of women’s wrestling and have been an integral part of the growth of women’s wrestling on the collegiate level,” said Murphree. –MVC Sports

The above interview is another installment of the 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐖𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 podcast series where many of the people who started the ball rolling for female wrestling are recognized, honored, & given flowers.

Carl Murphree was an integral part of high school girl wrestling super tournaments and his MVC women’s college teams led the way as of 1 of the original 8.