Bonnie Murphy
Head Coach

Bonnie Murphy, a two-time Big West Coach of the Year, has just completed her sixth season at the helm of the Cal State Northridge women's golf program.

This season, the Matadors posted three top-five finishes including a win in the Snow Burst Classic and a second place finish at their own Matador Spring Invitational. Northridge went on to finish fourth for the second consecutive year in the Big West Championship. Sophomore Stephanie Aston finished a team-best ninth at this season championship while Lucy Davies (18th) and Jasmine Koehler (20th) also finished in the top 20.

In 2001-02, the Matadors? first year in the Big West Conference, Murphy guided Northridge to a second-place finish, finishing seven shots behind UC Irvine.

The Matadors then went on to win back-to-back Big West Championships in 2002-03 and 2003-04. Northridge won its first championship with a two-round, 617 which defeated Idaho by four shots. Individual Big West champion Beth Allen then led the Matadors to a 19th-place team finish at the NCAA West Regional, finishing 15th individually.

In 2004-05, the Matadors claimed their second consecutive four-shot victory by defeating UC Irvine with a three-round total of 925. Allen claimed her second straight individual title and Murphy had her second straight Coach of the Year award.

In 2005-06, the Matadors posted a pair of top-five finishes including a win in their own Matador Spring Invitational. Northridge went on to finish fourth in the Big West Championship improving on its fifth-place finish from 2004-05.

In addition to a pair of Big West Coach of the Year awards, the Matadors have produced 11 all-conference golfers and 10 women have been named to the Big West All-Academic team under Murphy's watch. Allen, the most decorated women's golfer in Northridge history has since gone on to earn her LPGA Tour card and is currently competing on the professional tour.

Murphy began her collegiate coaching career as a first-year assistant under Stephanie Martin in 2000-01. That season the Matadors claimed a second place finish at the Big Sky Conference Championships.

A four-year letter winner for the Matador golf team from 1996-2000, Murphy competed in 69 rounds and took a total 6,182 strokes. Murphy recorded a personal-best 10th place finish at the Princeville Rainbow Wahine Invitational in Kauai, Hawaii in 1998-99. That season, she also received Big Sky Conference All-Academic honors.

A native of Chicago, Ill., Murphy earned her bachelor's degree in liberal studies from Cal State Northridge in December 2000. She has also spent time running a non-profit caddy program for teens in 1998 and has also spent time in the LPGA Teaching and Country Club Professional Program.