Charlotte, NC – The NJCAA has announced four honorees to be inducted into the NJCAA Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, including current Neosho County Community College head coach Steve Murry.
Murry is among three coaches and one contributor who has been selected to join the 2026 class, and is joined by coaches Dusty Hart and Michael Martin, along with contributor Dr. James Paronto.
Murry has led the Neosho County Community College baseball program for over four decades, building one of the most consistent programs in NJCAA baseball. As just the second head coach in program history, Murry has recorded more than 1,200 career wins, placing him among the winningest coaches at the junior college level, while maintaining a near 100 percent graduation rate among his student athletes. Murry was an inaugural recipient of the NJCAA Coaches Legacy Award in 2025, recognizing the winningest coaches in NJCAA history.
Under his leadership, Neosho won Region VI Championships in 2003, 2012, and 2013 and made multiple appearances at the NJCAA World Series. Murry has also contributed to the development of Hudson Field and has helped advance his players, with 59 going on to be drafted or signed to play professional baseball.
Murry has received multiple Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Coach of the Year awards and has received recognition both regionally and nationally, including Neosho County Instructor of the Year and the NISOD Award of Excellence. The recipient of the Homa Thomas Sportsmanship Award at the 2013 JUCO World Series Murry is a 1981 graduate of Cloud County Community College.
