The Penguins named Teena Murray the senior vice president of integrated performance, Ron Hextall announced on Friday.
Murray comes to the Penguins from the NBA's Sacramento Kings, where she spent the last four years as the team's vice president of health and performance, where she dealt with strength and conditioning, analytics, performance medicine, mental health, performance psychology, and performance nutrition.
In her role with the Penguins, Murray will oversee the team's strength and conditioning staff, rehabilitation, sports science and medical staff, and report directly to Hextall.
Murray has a lengthy resume working in sports performance for professional and college teams. Prior to working in the NBA, she spent 14 years as the director of sports performance for the University of Louisville. She's worked as a strength and conditioning coach or consultant for a number of other teams, including the University of Connecticut and Cornell University at the collegiate level. Her experience working with hockey teams includes stints with the Anaheim Ducks (2002-04), Hartford Wolf Pack (2001-03), the Florida Panthers (1996-97), as well as serving as the director of performance for the U.S. women's national hockey teams from 2006-10, winning two World Championship gold medals and an Olympic silver medal in 2010.
Murray's educational background includes a bachelor's degree in kinesiology and biology from Wilfrid Laurier University, a bachelor's degree in education from Queen’s University, a master's degree in exercise physiology and sport nutrition from UNC Greensboro, and the completion of an executive leadership program at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She played collegiate basketball for the Wilfrid Laurier University.
Murray grew up playing hockey in her hometown of Shawville, Quebec and comes from a hockey family. Her uncles are longtime NHL coach and general manager Bryan Murray and longtime NHL player and coach Terry Murray.
