Michael John McCarthy is the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He previously led the Green Bay Packers to a win in Super Bowl XLV over his hometown Pittsburgh Steelers. He was previously the offensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints. McCarthy was a tight end at Scottsdale Community College before transferring to Baker University.
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Michael John McCarthy is the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He previously led the Green Bay Packers to a win in Super Bowl XLV over his hometown Pittsburgh Steelers. He was previously the offensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints. McCarthy was a tight end at Scottsdale Community College before transferring to Baker University, an NAIA school located in Baldwin City, Kansas. He also served as a graduate assistant at Fort Hays State and the University of Pittsburgh before joining the Kansas City Chiefs in 1993. In 1998, McCarthy became the quarterbacks coach for the Packers. In 1999, he was named the NFC Assistant Coach of the Year by USA Today. In 2006, the Packers started with a 4–8 record, but managed to win their last four games to finish the season 8–8, ending with a win against their archrival Chicago Bears, but missing the playoffs for the second straight year. McCarthy guided the Packers to an 8–1 record in the first 9 games of the 2007 season, setting the record, at that time, for the best coaching start in Packers’ history and tying Washington’s Joe Gibbs at 16–9.
He signed a five-year contract extension with the team on January 19, 2008, that raised his salary to USD 3. 4 million a year. In 2008, McCarthy was embroiled in a major controversy involving the future of their franchise quarterback, Brett Favre. The controversy started when Favre, after having announced his retirement, changed his mind, deciding to play again. Favre was ultimately traded to the New York Jets for a fourth-round draft pick. The 2008 season was McCarthy’s worst showing by the Packers, who did not make the playoffs. In 2009, McCarthy showed some signs of improvement, but also had some struggles on the field. At the end of the 2009 season, he finished second in voting for The Associated Press Coach Of the Year award, garnering 15 votes to Bill Belichick’s 29 votes. That year, he also won the Lombardi Award for best coach in the NFL. In 2010, he won the Pro Football Hall of Fame award for his work with the Oakland Raiders.
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