George McCarty (1915-2011)
Teams coached: New Mexico A&M Aggies, Texas Western Miners
New Mexico A&M record: 62-55 (.530)
Texas Western record: 75-58 (.564)
Overall record: 140-113 (.553)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (1952)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Border Regular Season Champion: 3 (1952, 1957, 1959)
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1950, 1951, 1952)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1953-1959 | Texas Western |
| 1949-1953 | New Mexico A&M |
George McCarty Facts
- George McCarty
- Born October 15, 1915
- Died November 30, 2011
- Alma Mater: New Mexico A&M College (BA)
- Played football at New Mexico A&M for one year before getting drafted into the US Army during World War II
- Served in the Army as a pilot (and later flight instructor) until 1946, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel
- First coaching job was at his alma mater New Mexico A&M, leading the Aggies for four seasons
- Leading the program in transition from NAIA to NCAA competition, McCarty went to the NAIA Tournament three times
- Also went to the NCAA Tournament in 1952, following a 22-11 season in which the Aggies won the Border Conference
- Left for Texas Western (now UTEP) in 1953, coaching the Miners for the next six seasons
- Went 75-58 overall, finishing above .500 in all but his first season and winning two more Border titles (1957 & 1959)
- Stepped away from coaching to become the athletic director at the school in 1959, staying there until 1973
- Was the AD that hired Don Haskins, who would coach the Miners for 38 years and win a National Championship in 1966
- The Haskins’ title was historic for the Miners’ all-African American starting lineup, it was McCarty who first integrated the program
- McCarty left UTEP to become the athletic director at Wyoming, serving in that capacity until retirement in 1980
George McCarty Coaching Tree
- Lou Henson (New Mexico State, Illinois, Hardin-Simmons)
^ overall record includes seasons at both the NCAA Division I and NAIA levels; New Mexico A&M competed in the NAIA when McCarty first arrived
