Tigers mourn loss of Coach Murphy just before title game

This week was supposed to be a week of celebration for the Wilmington Tigers semi-pro football team, however the Tigers are mourning the unexpected loss of their head coach, William Murphy. Team marketing director Hollis Briggs, Jr told us the coach died peacefully: “I received a telephone call from a friend of mine and said there a lot of police cars around the coach’s house. A couple of us went over there and that’s when we found out what we didn’t want to be true that Coach Murphy had passed on. They found him sitting in his favorite chair with a smile on his face.”

The Tigers will be playing in the Mason Dixon championship game this Saturday. The game will be a tribute to tribute to Coach Murphy who was slated to be inducted into the Mason Dixon League Hall of Fame on Saturday. The ceremony will still take place at halftime.

The championship game will kickoff at 7pm at Legion Stadium.

Funeral arrangements are not yet complete.