SUNY Maritime

Coach McCarthy is a 1996 graduate of Maritime College. McCarthy was a four-year starter for Maritime and a three-year captain of the soccer team, helping the Privateers to a conference championship in 1995. Not only was he a four-year All-Conference soccer player, he also played four years of Maritime basketball, eclipsing the 1,000-point mark in February of 1996, earning All-Conference recognition in his sophomore, junior and senior seasons. During his senior year, he was selected as the Most Valuable Player of both teams and was later selected as the Maritime College Most Outstanding Senior Athlete.
 
McCarthy was the head soccer coach at Maritime in 2003 and 2004 before taking a few years off to care for his newborn children. He returned as the assistant coach in 2007, helping the Privateers to a Skyline Conference semifinal berth. He returned to the role of head coach for the 2009 season and again advanced to the Skyline semifinals. In the 2010 season, Coach McCarthy guided the team to its first ever regular season championship and then captured its first ever Skyline Conference Championship, gaining the school’s first ever NCAA Division III Tournament appearance in any sport. As a result, McCarthy was named as the Skyline Conference Coach of the Year.
 
The 2011 season marked the best soccer season in the college’s history. The team repeated as Skyline Conference Champions, gaining their second straight automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament. 14 wins in a season surpassed the previous college record of 13 wins accomplished in 2010.
 
After graduating from Maritime College in 1996 with a BS in Marine Transportation and a 3rd Mates License, McCarthy was commissioned as an officer in the United States Navy and served on active duty from 1996 to 2000. He was a surface warfare officer and served on combatant ships as the Combat Information Center Officer and Operations Officer. After being released from active duty, McCarthy sailed for a year and a half as a Third mate on a break bulk ship for the Overseas Shipholding Group. In 2002, he returned to Maritime as a Regimental Affairs Officer and an adjunct professor in the Marine Transportation Department, both positions he currently holds.
 
McCarthy resides on the Maritime campus with his wife Elizabeth (Maritime class of ’96) and their three children, Jack, Quinn and Megan.