BREAKING: Patrick Murphy backs out of LSU job

Patrick Murphy accepted the LSU job Friday, backed out Sunday. (Photo by LSU media relations)

Just days after he accepted the head softball job at LSU, former Alabama coach Patrick Murphy could be headed back to Tuscaloosa. This is getting even more interesting. Here’s the release from LSU and athletics director Joe Alleva doesn’t sound happy:

BATON ROUGE – LSU has re-opened its search for a new softball coach after Patrick Murphy reneged on his decision to coach the Tigers, Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva announced Sunday.

“I am very disappointed in Patrick’s decision after he had committed to be our head coach,” said Alleva. “I am especially disappointed for the young women on our team to whom he gave every indication he was in this for the long haul. We will use this opportunity to find a coach who will be the right leader for our student-athletes, who will wear the purple and gold with pride and will lead the softball program with integrity.”

Here’s what Murphy said in his introductory news conference Friday in Baton Rouge. Click here for a photo gallery from the announcement and here for video of his Murphy’s comments.

“The toughest part of this for me was telling my players (at Alabama) that I was leaving. Believe me when I say it was the toughest thing I’ve ever had to do. The toughest thing about that is when I would call them the first thing they would say to me is ‘Are you doing OK?’ That’s that type of kids we had at Alabama, and that’s the type of kids we want at LSU because they were great people. It’s a testament to the type of kids we recruited there.”

The obvious conclusion would be Murphy is coming back to Alabama. I’m still trying to nail down those details.

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