George Murray is from Bray in Co. Wicklow and now lives in Monaleen Limerick with his wife Lorraine. He was educated at Presentation College Bray and studied Sport Management in Dundrum College.

Prior to joining Munster in June 2002 he was a Rugby Development Officer with Leinster, also winning AIL medals from his time with Greystones (scrum-half) and Shannon. Murray also gained coaching experience with Shannon RFC, Bruff RFC and Richmond RFC.

He has been Performance Analyst with Ireland U21 (4 years), Ireland A (2 years) and worked with the IRFU High Performance department in 2009.