Matt McCarthy -- Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks & Wide Receivers Coach
Contact Matt McCarthy: mccarthm@ferris.edu
Matt McCarthy will begin his eighth season at Ferris State in the 2007 campaign and seventh as offensive coordinator following his promotion in February 2001. He previously instructed the wide receiving corps in the 2000 season.
McCarthy, who works with the quarterbacks and wide receivers in addition to his offensive coordinator duties, has coached the likes of two-time All-American (2000-01) and 2001 Harlon Hill Trophy Award National Finalist Clarence Coleman. Coleman, the NCAA Division II's all-time leader in both career pass receptions and receiving yards to date, played two seasons (2002-03) in the National Football League (NFL) with the Buffalo Bills. Carlton Brewster, who will be a senior in 2005, garnered All-America accolades in the 2004 campaign.
As a player at Ferris State (1996-99), McCarthy ranks among the school's top quarterbacks of all time. An All-American as a senior in 1999, he finished his career as the Bulldogs's all-time leading passer with 8,669 career yards to go along with 68 career touchdowns on a 57.3 completion percentage (659-1,151). McCarthy, who holds or shares 12 Ferris passing marks, threw for over 2,700 yards in a season three times, including a school-record 3,143 yards in 1998.
During his tenure as FSU’s starting signal-caller, McCarthy helped lead the Bulldogs to a pair of Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Championship titles (1996 and 1999) and a NCAA Division II Playoff appearance in 1996. As a senior in 1999, he was a Northeast Region candidate for the Harlon Hill Trophy, which is presented annually to the nation’s top NCAA-II football player. The 1999 GLIAC Player of the Year, McCarthy earned second-team All-America honors by Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette and Daktronics, Inc. while attaining first-team all-conference accolades.
A three-time GLIAC All-Academic pick, McCarthy received all-league honorable mention kudos in 1998 and was a second-team all-conference honoree in 1996. He earned his bachelor’s degree in english education from FSU in 1999.
A 1993 honorable mention all-stater at Alma (Mich.) High School, McCarthy holds all of the school’s career passing records with 4,000 yards and 42 touchdowns. A three-year team captain, McCarthy was a three-time all-conference selection.
McCarthy and his wife, Lesley, have been married six years. He’s an American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) member.
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