Notre Dame Academy has decided to part ways with girls’ basketball coach Kes Murphy.
Murphy guided the Pandas the past seven seasons and was informed of the decision on Friday.
He started with the program in the 2018-19 season and led the Pandas to six district championships and three Ninth Region championship games, the most recent one a loss to Cooper in the 2024-25 region championship game.
In his tenure, the Pandas went 151-58 with five 20-win seasons.
Prior to coaching at Notre Dame, Murphy led the Holy Cross girls program for seven seasons and led them to a state championship in 2015.
Notre Dame Academy started their dead period a few days earlier than the mandated one with the KHSAA. It started on Friday and runs through July 9. A coaching search will begin after that.
The Pandas are coming off a 22-8 season with a 35th District championship and Ninth Region runner-up finish. They graduated five seniors, but with their depth they had, will be considered one of the top teams in the region with the expected returns of Emma Holtzapfel and Amelia Stallard, two of the top three leading scorers from last season. Joslyn LaBordeaux-Humphrey, Addie Lawrie, Sarah Young, Riley Eberhard and Erin McGraw all return off significant playing time from last season.
An attempt by LINK nky to reach out to Murphy was unsuccessful.