Mack McCarthy

Mack McCarthy

Biographical details
Born	(1952-07-03) July 3, 1952 (age 72) Woodstock, Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater	Virginia Tech
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974–1976	Virginia Tech (assistant)
1976–1978	East Tennessee State (assistant)
1978–1985	Auburn (assistant)
1985–1997	Chattanooga
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 VCU Rams from 1998 to 2002, with a 4-year record of 66–55. Prior to becoming a head coach, he spent two years as an assistant at his alma mater, Virginia Tech, and nine seasons assisting head coach Sonny Smith (two at East Tennessee State and seven at Auburn).

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

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Chattanooga Mocs (Southern Conference) (1985–1997)
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)
VCU Rams (Colonial Athletic Association) (1998–2002)
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         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "Head Coach Mack McCarthy" (PDF). 2009-10 East Carolina Basketball. East Carolina University. p. 33.
2. "ECU makes move". The News & Observer. Associated Press. March 8, 2010. p. C4. Retrieved November 15, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• East Carolina profile