Mike Boynton Jr. has added another piece to his Michigan men’s basketball staff, hiring Dylan Murphy as an assistant coach.
The move was first reported by 247Sports, and it gives the Wolverines a coach with a mix of NBA bench experience, front-office style analytics work and G League roots. Michigan is building toward defending a national championship in 2026-27, and Murphy arrives with a résumé that stretches across several levels of the pro game.
Murphy spent the last five seasons with the Orlando Magic organization, splitting that time between two different roles. From 2018-20, he worked as a basketball operations analyst, supporting the coaching staff with analytics. He then moved into a full-time assistant coaching job from 2020-23, giving him three seasons on an NBA bench.
Before Orlando, Murphy spent three seasons from 2013-16 as an assistant coach with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the Indiana Pacers’ G League affiliate. That stretch included one of the league’s stronger runs, as the Mad Ants finished 34-16 in 2013-14 and then rolled through the playoffs with a 6-0 record to win the G League championship.
Murphy also had a stop as an NBA G League scout for the Atlanta Hawks in 2016-17, a job that put him in charge of identifying potential call-up candidates. He later served as a graduate assistant at Ball State in 2018 before heading to Orlando.
For Boynton, the appeal is clear. Murphy brings both the strategic side of analytics and the hands-on work of coaching players, which makes him a fit for a staff that is being assembled with a range of backgrounds and skill sets.
That analytics piece stands out most. Murphy spent two seasons in Orlando in a dedicated support role before moving onto the bench, so he comes into Ann Arbor with direct experience in the data-driven side of the modern game. In a sport where analytics matter more and more in roster construction, game planning and player development, that kind of background can be a real asset.
Boynton continues to shape a staff built to keep Michigan competitive at the highest level, and Murphy is the latest addition to that plan.
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