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Caption=Green Bay Head Coach Mike McCarthy
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DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1963|11|10
Birthplace=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
College=Baker University
Position=Head coach
Career Highlights=yes
RegularRecord=23-11-0
PlayoffRecord=1-1
Record=24-12-0
Championships= 2007 NFC North Division Champions
Awards= 2007 NFL Alumni's Coach of the Year
2007 Motorola NFL Coach of the Year
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coachingyears=1987-1988
1989-1991
1992
1993-1994
1995-1998
1999
2000-2004
2005
2006-"present"
coachingteams=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)
PFRCoach=McCaMi0Michael John "Mike" McCarthy (born in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , onNovember 10 ,1963 ) is the head coach of theNational Football League 'sGreen Bay Packers , having been hired onJanuary 12 ,2006 , to replaceMike Sherman .Career
Player
McCarthy was an
American football tight end while a student atBaker University , an NAIA school located inBaldwin City , Kansas, in 1985 and 1986 and entered the NCAA coaching ranks in 1987.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 theUniversity 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'sKansas City Chiefs ; after working two years as an offensive quality control assistant, McCarthy became quarterbacks coach, overseeing the work ofRich Gannon ,Elvis Grbac , andSteve Bono . McCarthy spent the 1999 season in the same position with the Packers, coachingBrett 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 theNew Orleans Saints , for whom he took over asoffensive 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" byUSA 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 pickAlex Smith ), finished the season ranked last in the NFL in points scored and yards gained.McCarthy was interviewed by Packers general manager
Ted Thompson onJanuary 8 ,2006 and was offered the head coaching position three days later. McCarthy was the third youngest head coach in the NFL, aged just 42 years (the Saints'Sean Payton was seven weeks younger and theNew York Jets Eric Mangini was 35.) [cite web |url=http://www.packers.com/team/coaches/mccarthy_mike/ |title=Mike McCarthy Head Coach | accessdate = 2008-02-11 ]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). [cite web |last=Fly | first=Colin | title = McCarthy stays true to Packers' plan, sits atop NFC with best start among active coaches | url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/2007-11-12-3091823810_x.htm
accessdate = 2007-11-12 ]On January 3, 2008 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. [cite web |last= Associated Press | title = Unbeaten regular season lifts Belichick to second AP Coach of Year honor | url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d805b47b4&template=without-video&confirm=true | accessdate = 2008-01-02 ]
On January 19, 2008 it was announced that McCarthy had signed a five year contract extension with the team. The new contract raised McCarthy's salary to 3.4 million dollars a year, which is slightly higher than the average salary for most NFL head coaches. [ [http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080119/PKR01/801190476/1057/PKR&located=RSS Green Bay Press-Gazette - Packers, McCarthy reach five-year deal ] ]
On January 30, 2008 it was announced that McCarthy was voted 2007 Motorola NFL Coach of the Year. [cite web | title = Packers' McCarthy named 2007 Motorola NFL Coach of the Year | url=http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2008/01/30/2/ | accessdate = 2008-01-30]
On February 10, 2008 McCarthy was head coach for the NFC in the
2008 Pro Bowl , and helped the team to a come-from-behind 42-30 win over the AFC squad. [cite web | title = It took All Day for the NFC to win the Pro Bowl | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=clayton_john&id=3240240 | accessdate = 2008-02-11]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. [cite web | title = Mike McCarthy Named NFL Coach Of The Week
url=http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2007/09/21/2/
accessdate = 2007-09-25 ]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. [cite web | title = FavreMike McCarthy Named NFL Coach Of The Week | url=http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2007/11/16/2/ | accessdate = 2007-11-19]
McCarthy was voted the 2007 NFL Alumni's Coach of the Year by a group of former players. [cite web | title = McCarthy is NFL Alumni's coach of the year | url=http://www.packersnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080103/PKR01/80103131/1989 | accessdate = 2008-01-03]
On January 30th 2008, it was announced that McCarthy was voted 2007 Motorola NFL Coach of the Year. [cite web | title = Packers' McCarthy named 2007 Motorola NFL Coach of the Yearr | url=http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2008/01/30/2/ | accessdate = 2008-01-30]
McCarthy also received the distingushied service award for 2008 at the
Lee Remmel sports awards banquet in Green Bay on April 10th, 2008.Personal life
McCarthy recently got married to the former Jessica Kress in March, 2008 at a private ceremony in
Maricopa County ,Arizona . The couple are expecting a child, which is due in early November, 2008. McCarthy also has one daughter, Alexandra, from a previous relationship.Past Jobs
McCarthy once worked as a toll booth collector on the
Pennsylvania Turnpike .Head coaching record
References
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