Mike McCarthy (American football)
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| McCarthy coaching the Packers in 2007 | |
| Current position | |
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| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Green Bay Packers |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | November 10, 1963 |
| Place of birth | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Career highlights | |
| Awards | See Below |
| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season | 74–38–0 (.661) |
| Postseason | 6–4 (.600) |
| Career record | 80–42–0 (.656) |
| Super Bowl wins | 2010 XLV |
| Championships won | NFC (2010) |
| Stats | |
| Coaching 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 (Graduate assistant) University of Pittsburgh (Quarterbacks coach) University of Pittsburgh (Wide receivers coach) Kansas City Chiefs (Offensive quality control assistant) 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) |
Michael John "Mike" McCarthy (born November 10, 1963) is a professional American football coach, currently serving as the head coach of the National Football League's Green Bay Packers.
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Early life [edit]
McCarthy was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father was a firefighter and Pittsburgh Police officer as well as a bar owner, who raised McCarthy as a Pittsburgh Steelers fan.[1][2]
Playing career [edit]
McCarthy was a tight end at Baker University, a NAIA school located in Baldwin City, Kansas.
Coaching career [edit]
College [edit]
After serving as a graduate assistant at Fort Hays State from 1987 to 1988, McCarthy returned home to Pittsburgh and was hired in 1989 to work under Paul Hackett at the University of Pittsburgh, where he served as quarterbacks coach for three seasons before coaching wide receivers during the 1992 season. At first and during the off season he also worked on the Pennsylvania Turnpike to supplement his income.[3]
NFL [edit]
Assistant coach [edit]
In 1993, McCarthy began a 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 fourth-best total of his career.
After the Packers released the entire coaching staff following the 1999 season, McCarthy became the offensive coordinator of the New Orleans Saints. He would remain in that position for five seasons and was selected as NFC Assistant Coach of the Year by USA Today in 2000. He would largely be the reason behind the successful development of talents such as QB Aaron Brooks, RB Deuce McAllister, and WR Joe Horn. New Orleans would finish 10th, 13th, 3rd in 2002, 14th, and 14th in points scored during his tenure as offensive coordinator. In his first two years, RB Ricky Williams would run for 2,245 yards with 14 TD under McCarthy's guidance before being traded to the Miami Dolphins.
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. Despite this, RB Frank Gore would emerge to run for over 600 yards with a 4.8 YPC and WR Brandon Lloyd had 733 yards receiving and 5 TD.
Head coach [edit]
Return to Green Bay [edit]
McCarthy was interviewed by Packers general manager Ted Thompson on January 8, 2006 and was offered the head coaching position three days later.[4]
In 2006, the Packers started with a 4–8 record, but managed to win their last four games to finish the season 8–8, ending with a win against their archrival Chicago Bears, but missing the playoffs for the second straight year.[5]
In 2007, McCarthy guided the Packers to an 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, setting the record for the best coaching start in Packers' history (Vince Lombardi went 15–10) and tying Washington's Joe Gibbs at 16–9,[6] McCarthy led the Packers to a 13–3 record and made it to the NFC Championship game, where they lost to the eventual Super Bowl-winning New York Giants in overtime. That year, he finished second in voting for The Associated Press Coach of the Year award, garnering 15 votes to Bill Belichick's 29 votes.[7] He signed a five-year contract extension with the team on January 19, 2008, that raised his salary to $3.4 million a year.[8]
In 2008, McCarthy became embroiled in a major controversy involving the future of their franchise quarterback, Brett Favre. The controversy started when Favre, after having announced his retirement, changed his mind, deciding to play again. Favre had assumed that he would be given the starting quarterback job again. McCarthy and Packers' general manager Ted Thompson had stated their desire to move forward with new starter Aaron Rodgers. Favre was offered the opportunity to be the back up to Rodgers, an offer which Favre refused. Favre was ultimately traded to the New York Jets for a conditional fourth-round draft pick.[9]
The 2008 season was McCarthy's worst to date with the Packers. Despite a solid showing by Rodgers, who threw for over 4,000 yards and posted a 93.8 passer rating,[10] the Packers started with a 5–5 record, proceeding to lose five consecutive close games until they ended the disappointing season with a 31–21 victory over the Detroit Lions. (The Lions are only the second team in the NFL's post-merger (the NFL and original AFL merged prior to the 1970 season) history to go winless in a single season, and the first to go 0–16 in one season after the NFL's transition to a 16-game schedule in 1978.)[11][12] At 6–10, the Packers finished 3rd in the NFC North, only ahead of the Lions, and did not make the playoffs.
In 2009, the Packers showed some signs of improvement, but also had struggles. Rodgers improved on 2008's statistics, but was sacked 50 times, more than any other QB in the NFL. The Packers dominated teams with losing records, but were swept by their rival Minnesota Vikings, led by former Packers franchise QB Brett Favre. The Packers lost to the previously winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but then came back to beat the NFC East-leading Dallas Cowboys.[13] They then began a five game winning streak, and the Packers qualified for the playoffs with a Week 17 win over the Cardinals, finishing at 11–5, the second playoff berth in McCarthy's tenure.[14] The Packers lost the Wild Card round to the Arizona Cardinals in overtime, 51–45, .[15]
In 2010, McCarthy led the Packers to a 10–6 finish, never losing by more than four points and never trailing by more than 7 throughout the entire season. This record was good for 2nd in the NFC North, behind the arch-rival Chicago Bears, with whom they split victories in the regular season. They finished as the sixth seed in the NFC.[16] The Packers went on to defeat the number three-seeded Philadelphia Eagles and then the number one-seeded Atlanta Falcons. In the NFC Championship game they played the second-seeded Chicago Bears for the third time that season. They won 21–14 and advanced to Super Bowl XLV where they played the Pittsburgh Steelers. Super Bowl XLV was the first time these two storied franchises played each other in the postseason. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 31–25 to win their fourth Super Bowl and 13th NFL title overall.[17]
McCarthy signed a 3-year contract extension on March 4, 2011.[18]
Head coaching record [edit]
| 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 | .813 | 1st in NFC North | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost to New York Giants in NFC Championship Game. |
| GB | 2008 | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 | 3rd in NFC North | – | – | – | — |
| GB | 2009 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 2nd in NFC North | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to Arizona Cardinals in NFC Wild-Card Game. |
| GB | 2010 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 2nd in NFC North | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | Super Bowl XLV Champions |
| GB | 2011 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1st in NFC North | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to New York Giants in NFC Divisional Game. |
| GB | 2012 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .687 | 1st in NFC North | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost to San Francisco 49ers in NFC Divisional Game. |
| Total | 74 | 38 | 0 | .660 | 6 | 4 | .600 | |||
Coaching record vs. other teams [edit]
How the Packers have fared in games with McCarthy as head coach.
| Team | Wins | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Cardinals | 3 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 2 | |
| Baltimore Ravens | 1 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | 1 | 1 | |
| Carolina Panthers | 2 | 1 | |
| Chicago Bears | 9 | 5 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 0 | 1 | |
| Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 2 | |
| Denver Broncos | 2 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | 13 | 1 | |
| Houston Texans | 1 | 1 | |
| Indianapolis Colts | 1 | 1 | |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 1 | 1 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 1 | 1 | |
| Miami Dolphins | 1 | 1 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | 10 | 4 | |
| New England Patriots | 0 | 2 | |
| New Orleans Saints | 2 | 2 | |
| New York Giants | 3 | 1 | |
| New York Jets | 1 | 1 | |
| Oakland Raiders | 2 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 2 | 1 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 1 | |
| St. Louis Rams | 4 | 1 | |
| San Diego Chargers | 2 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 2 | |
| Seattle Seahawks | 2 | 2 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 2 | |
| Tennessee Titans | 1 | 1 | |
| Washington Redskins | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals: | 74 | 38[a] |
Coaching tree [edit]
- See coaching tree for more information
NFL head coaches under whom Mike McCarthy has served:
- Marty Schottenheimer, Kansas City Chiefs (1993–1998)
- Ray Rhodes, Green Bay Packers (1999)
- Jim Haslett, New Orleans Saints (2000–2004)
- Mike Nolan, San Francisco 49ers (2005)
Assistant coaches under Mike McCarthy who became NFL head coaches:
- Joe Philbin, Miami Dolphins (2012 – present)
Assistant coaches under Mike McCarthy who became NCAA head coaches:
- Jeff Jagodzinski, Boston College (2007–2008)
Awards [edit]
In 2007, McCarthy was voted the Motorola NFL Coach of the Year[19] after twice receiving Coach of the Week awards.[20][21] He was also named the NFL Alumni's Coach of the Year by a group of former players.[22]
In 2008, McCarthy received the distinguished service award at the Lee Remmel sports awards banquet in Green Bay.
Personal life [edit]
McCarthy married Jessica Kress in March 2008 at a private ceremony in Maricopa County, Arizona. Together, they have two daughters, Gabrielle Kathleen, born on October 22, 2008 and Isabella Conroy, born on July 29, 2011. McCarthy also has a daughter, Alexandra, from a previous marriage and two stepsons, Jack and George.
References [edit]
- ^ King, Peter (January 24, 2011). "Super Bowl XLV, pitting Packers vs. Steelers, is one for history books". SportsIllustrated.com.
- ^ Branch, John (January 25, 2011). "Packers’ Coach Has Fans in a Small Slice of Steelertown". NewYorkTimes.com.
- ^ "Super Bowl XLV, pitting Packers vs. Steelers, is one for history books". CNN. January 24, 2011.
- ^ ESPN.com. "Packers to hire 49ers' McCarthy as coach". Retrieved 2006-01-12.
- ^ Pro Football Reference. "2006 Green Bay Packers". Retrieved 2007-01-12.
- ^ Fly, Colin (November 12, 2007). "McCarthy stays true to Packers' plan, sits atop NFC with best start among active coaches". USA Today. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
- ^ Associated Press. "Unbeaten regular season lifts Belichick to second AP Coach of Year honor". Archived from the original on January 4, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
- ^ Green Bay Press-Gazette – Packers, McCarthy reach five-year deal
- ^ ESPN.com. "Jets set for Brett: Packers legend headed to New York". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ ESPN.com. "Aaron Rodgers stats". Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ Pro Football Reference. "2008 Detroit Lions". Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ Pro Football Reference. "2008 Green Bay Packers". Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ Pro Football Reference. "2009 Green Bay Packers". Retrieved 2009-11-19.
- ^ Dougherty, Pete. "Green Bay Packers rout Seattle Seahawks 48–10, clinch playoff berth". Retrieved 2009-12-27.
- ^ Dougherty, Pete. "Green Bay Packers lose to Arizona Cardinals 51–45 in NFC playoff game". Retrieved 2010-01-10.
- ^ Template:Packers.com 2010 schedule
- ^ "Aaron Rodgers tosses 3 TD passes as Packers drop Steelers to win Super Bowl XLV". ESPN. February 6, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
- ^ http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/04/mike-mccarthy-signs-contract-extension/
- ^ "Packers' McCarthy named 2007 Motorola NFL Coach of the Year". Archived from the original on February 1, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
- ^ "Mike McCarthy Named NFL Coach of the Week". Archived from the original on January 15, 2008. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
- ^ "Mike McCarthy Named NFL Coach of the Week". Retrieved 2007-11-19.[dead link]
- ^ "McCarthy is NFL Alumni's coach of the year". Retrieved 2008-01-03.
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Andy Reid |
Green Bay Packers Quarterback Coach 1999 |
Succeeded by Tom Rossley |
| Preceded by Danny Abramowicz |
New Orleans Saints Offensive Coordinator 2000–2004 |
Succeeded by Mike Sheppard |
| Preceded by Ted Tollner |
San Francisco 49ers Offensive Coordinator 2005 |
Succeeded by Norv Turner |
| Preceded by Sean Payton |
Super Bowl Winning Head Coach Super Bowl XLV, 2011 |
Succeeded by Tom Coughlin |
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