Pat Murphy, the former manager of the ASU baseball team, has been named the interim manager of the San Diego Padres. This comes days after the Padres fired longtime manager Bud Black. Murphy had been the manager of San Diego's AAA affiliate in El Paso.
Murphy managed the Sun Devils from 1995-2009, reaching the College World Series four times (1998, 2005, 2007, 2009). Murphy finished with a record of 629-284-1 and coached the likes of Dustin Pedroia, Andre Ethier, Brett Wallace, Ike Davis, Mike Leake and Kole Calhoun.
However, in 2009, Murphy resigned among investigations into the ASU baseball program.