Matt McCarty (American football)
Appearance
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Northwestern (IA) |
Conference | GPAC |
Record | 82–19 |
Biographical details | |
Born | c. 1980 (age 43–44) |
Playing career | |
2000–2003 | Northwestern (IA) |
Position(s) | Defensive back |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2003–2004 | Okoboji HS (IA) (assistant) |
2005–2011 | Northwestern (IA) (DC) |
2012–2015 | Northwestern (IA) (AHC/DC) |
2016–present | Northwestern (IA) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 82–19 |
Tournaments | 13–6 (NAIA playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 NAIA (2022) 2 GPAC (2022, 2023) | |
Matt McCarty (born c. 1980) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Northwestern College, a position he has held since 2016. McCarty led the Northwestern Red Raiders to the NAIA Football National Championship title in 2022.
McCarty played college football as a defensive back at Northwestern from 2000 to 2003.[1][2]
Head coaching record
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
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Northwestern Red Raiders (Great Plains Athletic Conference) (2016–present) | |||||||||
2016 | Northwestern | 3–7 | 3–5 | 6th | |||||
2017 | Northwestern | 10–2 | 7–1 | 2nd | L NAIA Quarterfinal | 8 | |||
2018 | Northwestern | 9–2 | 8–1 | 2nd | L NAIA First Round | 12 | |||
2019 | Northwestern | 9–2 | 8–1 | 2nd | L NAIA First Round | 10 | |||
2020–21 | Northwestern | 11–2 | 8–1 | 2nd | L NAIA Championship | 2 | |||
2021 | Northwestern | 12–2 | 9–1 | 2nd | L NAIA Semifinal | 4 | |||
2022 | Northwestern | 13–1 | 9–1 | T–1st | W NAIA Championship | 1 | |||
2023 | Northwestern | 14–1 | 10–0 | 1st | L NAIA Championship | 1 | |||
2024 | Northwestern | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||||||
Northwestern: | 82–19 | 63–11 | |||||||
Total: | 82–19 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
[edit]- ^ Budlong, Jeff (December 11, 2015). "McCarty named Northwestern's new football coach". Sioux City Journal. Sioux City, Iowa. p. B1. Retrieved December 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Budlong, Jeff (December 11, 2015). "Northwestern: New coach played at NW (continued)". Sioux City Journal. Sioux City, Iowa. p. B2. Retrieved December 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .