McMurry athletic director Bill Libby announced this morning the resignation of football coach Donny Gray. Defensive coordinator Jimmy Edwards has been named interim head coach and McMurry men's basketball coach and soon-to-be athletic director Ron Holmes will be in charge of the search process for a new coach.

Gray went 2-18 in two years as head coach at McMurry. Before being hired as head coach in November 2006, Gray spent six years (2001-06) as an assistant coach at McMurry.

"Coach Gray has done a good job of recruiting and emphasizing academic performance," Libby said. "McMurry wishes the best for Coach Gray and his family as they make decisions about the future."

Edwards has 38 years of coaching experience on the high school and college levels. He has 22 years of head-coaching experience at the high school ranks where he tallied a 169-71-2 record. Edwards has been the McMurry defensive coordinator for the past two seasons, and he was the defensive line coach for McMurry during the 2005 and 2006 seasons.