May 9, 2023
At the Humble ISD School Board meeting on Tuesday, May 9, Robert Murphy, Humble High School football defensive coordinator and assistant head coach, was named the next head football coach/campus athletic coordinator of Humble High School.
Coach Murphy has eight years of coaching experience between New Caney Middle School, New Caney High School and Humble High School.
In his coaching career, Murphy has held the positions of assistant head coach, defensive coordinator, recruiting coordinator, head strength and conditioning coach, head track coach, special teams coordinator, safeties coach, head powerlifting/strength coach, assistant basketball coach and assistant defensive backs coach.
From 2016-2021, Murphy served on the coaching staff which guided the New Caney Eagles to a 42-15 record, the first undefeated regular season and playoff win in program history and four-straight District Championships from 2016-2019. New Caney won playoff games in 2016, 2017 and 2018 and had the No. 1 defense in the district each of those years and 2019.
In 2021, Murphy came to Humble High School and retooled the defense to improve the Wildcats defensive unit to go from last to fourth-best in District 21-6A – considered one of the toughest districts in the State of Texas. Murphy has also played a major role in the college recruitment as he has created and edited recruiting tools and oversaw all recruiting details at Humble High School.
Murphy takes over a Wildcat team that finished just one spot out of the playoffs in 2022.