Mike Murphy (born September 12, 1950 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former hockey player in the NHL, and former head coach in the NHL and IHL.
Mike Murphy is a Republican political consultant. He has advised such nationally prominent Republicans as John Mc Cain, Jeb Bush, John Engler, Tommy Thompson, Christie Whitman, Lamar Alexander and Arnold Schwarzenegger. He was, until Feb. 3, 2006 an, adviser to Mitt Romney, the governor of Massachusetts and a potential candidate for the Republican presidential nomination for the 2008 election.