The team is now 7-3, has bowl aspirations, andwraps up its first winning season since 1982against East Carolina on Saturday.
Murphy is under contract through 1996, but hewill not be required to buy out his contract.Murphy's base salary for 1993 is $119,996,according to the Post.
Murphy has no direct ties to Harvard. But hewas the head coach at the University of Maine fortwo years and has been an assistant at BostonUniversity, Lafayette and Brown.
He was an All-New England linebacker atSpringfield College.
Murphy would be leaving a division I-A team tocoach a Division I-AA program. But according tothe Post, Murphy likes Harvard "because of hisrespect for the school, his love of New England,the lack of big time athletic pressure, thechallenge and the sense that he's achieved what hecame to do at UC."
The Post report also said Harvard selectedMurphy for "his record of running a clean program,his personal conduct, and his progress in boostingthe UC program."