George McCarty

George McCarty
Sport(s)	Basketball
Biographical details
Born	October 15, 1915(1915-10-15)
Place of birth	Bassett, Texas
Died	November 30, 2011(2011-11-30) (aged 96)
Place of death	Marble Falls, Texas
Playing career
1938	New Mexico State (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1949-1953 1953-1959	New Mexico State UTEP
Head coaching record
Overall	140-113 (.553)

George Courtney McCarty (October 15, 1915 - November 30, 2011) was an American college basketball coach and athletic director.

McCarty attended and played football at New Mexico State University. His college career was interrupted by World War II as he was drafted into the U. S. Army. McCarty served until 1946 and reached the rank of lieutenant colonel as a pilot and flight instructor.^[1]

McCarty's college coaching career began at his alma mater, as he led the Aggies to a 65-55 record from 1949-53. He then moved to UTEP, where he coached from 1953 to 1959. He compiled a record of 75-58 and broke the color barrier at UTEP, recruiting the program's first African-American player, Charles Brown.^[2]

Following his stint as head coach of the Miners, McCarty was named athletic director at UTEP, a position he held until 1970. During this time, he hired future Hall of Fame coach Don Haskins - who brought UTEP their only national basketball championship in 1966. In 1970, McCarty left UTEP to become athletic director at the University of Wyoming, where he served until 1980. He retired to Albuquerque where he ran the fund-raising efforts of the school's athletic club.^[2]

McCarty died November 30, 2011 in Marble Falls, Texas.

References

^ George McCarty Obituary, accessed December 11, 2011
^ ^a ^b Bill Knight (December 10, 2011). "Former Aggie coach McCarty dies at 96". Las Cruces Sun-News. http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_19521623. Retrieved December 11, 2011.

New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1904–1906)
John O. Miller (1906–1908)
V. Kays (1908–1909)
George Lain (1909–1910)
Arthur Badenoch (1910–1913)
No team (1913–1914)
Clarence W. Russell (1914–1917)
John G. Griffith (1917–1920)
Dutch Bergman (1920–1922)
Robert R. Brown (1922–1926)
Arthur Burkholder (1926–1927)
Ted R. Coffman (1927–1929)
Jerry Hines (1929–1940)
Julius J. Johnston (1940–1942)
No team (1942–1944)
Kermit Laabs (1944–1946)
Jerry Hines (1946–1947)
John Gunn (1947–1949)
George McCarty (1949–1953)
Presley Askew (1953–1965)
Jim McGregor (1965–1966)
Lou Henson (1966–1975)
Ken Hayes (1967–1979)
Weldon Drew (1979–1985)
Neil McCarthy (1985–1997)
Lou Henson (1997–2005)
Tony Stubblefield # (2004–2005)
Reggie Theus (2005–2007)
Marvin Menzies (2007–)

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

UTEP Miners basketball head coaches

Tommy Dwyer (1914–1923)
Jack Vowell (1923–1924)
George B. Powell (1924–1926)
No team (1926–1927)
E. J. Stewart (1927–1928)
Mack Saxon (1928–1934)
No team (1934–1935)
J. B. Andrews (1935–1936)
Marshall Pennington (1936–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Charles Finley (1944–1945)
Dale Waters (1945–1947)
Ross Moore (1947–1948)
Dale Waters (1948–1949)
Russ Moore (1949–1950)
Dale Waters (1950–1953)
George McCarty (1953–1959)
Harold Davis (1959–1961)
Don Haskins (1961–1999)
Jason Rabedeaux (1999–2002)
Billy Gillispie (2002–2004)
Doc Sadler (2004–2006)
Tony Barbee (2006–2010)
Tim Floyd (2010– )

Persondata
Name	McCarty, George
Alternative names
Short description	College basketball coach and athletic
Date of birth	October 15, 1915
Place of birth	Bassett, Texas
Date of death	November 30, 2011
Place of death	Marble Falls, Texas