Tyler Murray was hired as the Bulldog football offensive coordinator in June of 2026.
Murray, a UMW alum, returns to Western after a successful stint as the head coach at East Helena High School, where he built the program from the ground up (2021-2026). He led the team to back-to-back Class A playoff appearances (2024,2025) and a Class A state semifinal run (2025).
At East Helena, his team averaged nearly 40.0 points per game and over 350 yards per game in both 2024 and 2025. He also coached nine all-state players, 40 all-conference selections, and had eight players move on to play college ball.
Prior to his time in Helena, Murray served as the head football coach and athletic director at Mission High School in St. Ignatius, Mont., from 2017-2021. He inherited a program that went winless in 2016 and turned it into back-to-back Class C-8 playoff appearances (2019, 2020).
At Mission, he coached four all-state players, 21 all-conference selections, and three eventual collegiate football players.
The Hamilton, Mont., native was a 2017 graduate of Montana Western and earned his degree in K-12 health enhancement with a minor in coaching. He was a four-year letter winner for the Bulldog at wide receiver and was a member of the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor society in 2017.
