Milwaukee Brewers to name bench coach Murphy as new manager

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WSAW) - According to The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, the Milwaukee Brewers are expected to promote bench coach Pat Murphy to be the next manager.

Murphy has been the Brewers bench coach since the fall after Craig Counsell’s hiring in 2015. He has over 30 years of coaching experience, most notably at the college level with Arizona State and Notre Dame, where he coached Counsell. He was also the San Diego Padres interim manager in 2015.

He will be the 20th manager in Brewers’ history.