The Detroit Pistons have fired assistant general manager Rob Murphy for an alleged violation of the team workplace conduct policy.
The firing this week comes seven months after Murphy was placed on leave as the result of an investigation into whether he had engaged in workplace misconduct with a female former employee.
“Rob Murphy no longer works for the Detroit Pistons or Motor City Cruise, in any capacity,” the Pistons said in a statement to the Detroit Free Press on Wednesday. “Mr. Murphy was recently terminated for violation of company policy and the terms of his employment agreement. The facts that gave rise to his termination surfaced during a review, assisted by a national law firm, of allegations made by a former employee.”
The 50-year-old Murphy was the Pistons’ G League team president before he was promoted to assistant general manager in 2022.
Murphy spent a decade as the head coach at Eastern Michigan before joining the Pistons. Like general manager Troy Weaver, Murphy is a former assistant coach at Syracuse, among other stops in the college ranks.