First day of practice: Marmion goes co-ed, jumps straight into the fire with a varsity girls basketball team

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<p>After averaging more than 20 wins across 26 seasons in stops at IC Catholic, Lisle and Marian Catholic, Dan Murray stepped away from coaching girls basketball last year.</p><p>But it was a pause rather than a hard stop. Murray joined the faculty at Marmion and laid the foundation for the first girls team in the school's 93-year history.</p><p>Marmion has gone co-ed, admitting around 40 freshmen and sophomore girls this school year. The 11 who are on the girls basketball team got to work Monday as practice opened around the state.</p><p>"I'll be honest with you," Murray told the Sun-Times…

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