Mike McCarthy
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| Mike McCarthy | |
|---|---|
| Image:Mike McCarthy (TJG).JPG Green Bay Head Coach Mike McCarthy | |
| Date of birth | November 10 1963 |
| Place of birth | Image:Flag of the United States.svg Pittsburgh, PA |
| Position(s) | Head coach |
| College | Baker University |
| Career Highlights | |
| Awards | 2007 NFL Alumni's Coach of the Year |
| Playing Stats | Pro Football Reference |
| Team(s) as a coach/administrator | |
| 1987-1988 1989-1991 1992 1993-1994 1995-1998 1999 2000-2004 2005 2006-present | Fort Hays State University (graduate assistant) University of Pittsburgh (quarterbacks coach) University of Pittsburgh (wide receivers coach) Kansas City Chiefs (offensive quality control coach) Kansas City Chiefs (quarterbacks coach) Green Bay Packers (quarterbacks coach) New Orleans Saints (offensive coordinator) San Francisco 49ers (offensive coordinator) Green Bay Packers (head coach) |
Mike McCarthy (born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on November 10, 1963) is the head coach of the National Football League's Green Bay Packers, having been hired on January 12, 2006, to replace Mike Sherman.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Player
McCarthy was an American football tight end while a student at Baker University, an NAIA school located in Baldwin City, Kansas, in 1985 and 1986 and entered the NCAA coaching ranks in 1987.
[edit] Coaching
Serving first as a graduate assistant at Fort Hays State from 1987 to 1988, he continued in 1989, when McCarthy was hired to work under Paul Hackett at the University of Pittsburgh, where he served until 1991 as quarterbacks coach; McCarthy coached wide receivers at the school during the 1992 season.In 1993, McCarthy began a six-year stint with the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs; after working two years as an offensive quality control assistant, McCarthy became quarterbacks coach, overseeing the work of Rich Gannon, Elvis Grbac, and Steve Bono. McCarthy spent the 1999 season in the same position with the Packers, coaching Brett Favre in a season when Favre threw for 4,091 yards, the third-best total of his career.
Upon firing head coach Ray Rhodes following the 1999 season, the Packers organization released the entire coaching staff, and McCarthy found work in 2000 with the New Orleans Saints, for whom he took over as offensive coordinator. He would remain in that position for five seasons, presiding over an offense that scored for 432 points in 2002 and being selected as "NFC Assistant Coach of the Year" by USA Today in 2000.
In 2005, McCarthy served as offensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers; his unit, beset by injuries and led by a rookie quarterback (top draft pick Alex Smith), finished the season ranked last in the NFL in points scored and yards gained.
McCarthy was interviewed by Packers general manager Ted Thompson on January 8, 2006 and was offered the head coaching position three days later. McCarthy became the youngest head coach in the NFL, aged just 42 years.[citation needed] (However, days later he lost that distinction as 35-year-old Eric Mangini was hired as head coach of the New York Jets.)
After guiding the Packers to a 8-1 record in the first 9 games of the 2007 season, McCarthy recorded the best won-loss ratio to start the first 25 games of a career among active coaches, tying Washington's Joe Gibbs at 16-9. It's also the best coaching start in Packers' history (Vince Lombardi went 15-10).[1]
On January 3, 2007 the NFL announced McCarthy finished second in voting for The Associated Press 2007 NFL Coach of the Year, garnering 15 votes to Bill Belichick's leading 29 votes.[2]
[edit] Awards
McCarthy was named the Motorola NFL Coach of the Week for games played on September 16 - 17, 2007. McCarthy had led the Packers to a 35-13 victory over the New York Giants. [3]
Coach McCarthy was voted the Motorola NFL Coach of the Week for games played on November 11 - 12, the second time he has received the award this season.[4]
McCarthy was voted the 2007 NFL Alumni's Coach of the Year by a group of former players.[5]
[edit] Head coaching record
| Team | Year | Regular Season | Post Season | |||||||
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| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| GB | 2006 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 2nd in NFC North | - | - | - | - |
| GB | 2007 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1st in NFC North | - | - | - | |
| Total | 21 | 11 | 0 | .667 | - | - | - | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Fly, Colin. McCarthy stays true to Packers' plan, sits atop NFC with best start among active coaches. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- ^ Associated Press. Unbeaten regular season lifts Belichick to second AP Coach of Year honor. Retrieved on 2008-01-02.
- ^ Mike McCarthy Named NFL Coach Of The Week. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
- ^ FavreMike McCarthy Named NFL Coach Of The Week. Retrieved on 2007-11-19.
- ^ McCarthy is NFL Alumni's coach of the year. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
| Preceded by Mike Sherman | Green Bay Packers Head Coaches 2006– | Succeeded by Incumbent |
Green Bay Packers Head Coaches |
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| Lambeau • Ronzani • Blackbourn • McLean • Lombardi • Bengtson • Devine • Starr • Gregg • Infante • Holmgren • Rhodes • Sherman • McCarthy |
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