Mack McCarthy
Biographical details | |
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Born | Chattanooga | July 3, 1952
1997–1998 | VCU (associate HC) |
1998–2002 | VCU |
2005–2007 | East Carolina (assistant) |
2007–2010 | East Carolina |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 343–234 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
5 SoCon Tournament (1988, 1993–1995, 1997) | |
William Leroy "Mack" McCarthy[1] (born July 3, 1952) is the former head college basketball coach for East Carolina University. On March 6, 2010, athletic director Terry Holland announced that McCarthy would complete the season as head coach and then move to a fundraising role with East Carolina University.[2] He served as head coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from 1985 to 1997, leading the Mocs to the 1997 Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA tournament. Over his 12-year tenure, he took the Mocs to seven postseason appearances (five to the NCAA Tournament), won/shared eight Southern Conference regular season titles and won the SoCon Tournament title five times. His overall record at UTC was 243–122.
McCarthy was also the head coach of the
In 19 seasons as a college basketball head coach, McCarthy has a 59.4% winning percentage with a record of 343–234.
In 2014, McCarthy became a college basketball analyst for the American Sports Network, calling CAA and C-USA games, additionally, he also has called games on ESPN3 and the ACC Network Extra for Virginia Tech with Andrew Allegretta, Bailey Angle, Bryant Johnson, and Evan Hughes.
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Chattanooga Mocs (Southern Conference ) (1985–1997)
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1985–86 | Chattanooga | 21–10 | 12–4 | 1st | NIT first round | ||||
1986–87 | Chattanooga | 21–8 | 14–2 | 2nd | NIT first round | ||||
1987–88 | Chattanooga | 20–13 | 8–8 | T–5th | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
1988–89 | Chattanooga | 18–12 | 10–4 | 1st | |||||
1989–90 | Chattanooga | 14–14 | 7–7 | T–4th | |||||
1990–91 | Chattanooga | 19–10 | 11–3 | T–1st | |||||
1991–92 | Chattanooga | 23–7 | 12–2 | T–1st | |||||
1992–93 | Chattanooga | 26–7 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
1993–94 | Chattanooga | 23–7 | 14–4 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
1994–95 | Chattanooga | 19–11 | 11–3 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
1995–96 | Chattanooga | 15–12 | 9–5 | 2nd | |||||
1996–97 | Chattanooga | 24–11 | 11–3 | 1st | NCAA Division I Sweet 16 | ||||
Chattanooga: | 243–122 (.666) | 135–47 (.742) | |||||||
Colonial Athletic Association ) (1998–2002)
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1998–99 | VCU | 15–16 | 8–8 | 6th | |||||
1999–00 | VCU | 14–14 | 7–9 | 5th | |||||
2000–01 | VCU | 16–14 | 9–7 | 4th | |||||
2001–02 | VCU | 21–11 | 11–7 | 3rd | |||||
VCU: | 66–55 (.545) | 35–31 (.530) | |||||||
East Carolina Pirates (Conference USA) (2007–2010) | |||||||||
2007–08 | East Carolina | 11–19 | 5–11 | 10th | |||||
2008–09 | East Carolina | 13–17 | 5–11 | 9th | |||||
2009–10 | East Carolina | 10–21 | 4–12 | 10th | |||||
East Carolina: | 34–57 (.374) | 14–34 (.292) | |||||||
Total: | 343–234 (.594) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ "Head Coach Mack McCarthy" (PDF). 2009-10 East Carolina Basketball. East Carolina University. p. 33.
- ^ "ECU makes move". The News & Observer. Associated Press. March 8, 2010. p. C4. Retrieved November 15, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.