Army West Point Athletics
Hockey
McCarthy, PhD, Dan
Dan McCarthy, PhD
- Title:
- Sport Administrator
- Email:
- dan.mccarthy@westpoint.edu
- Phone:
- 9699
Dan McCarthy was promoted to Deputy Athletic Director by Army West Point Director of Athletics Mike Buddie in August 2019. He had previously served as the Senior Associate Athletic Director of Administration and was appointed as the Interim Director of Athletics in the Spring of 2019 during the transition to a new director of athletics.
In his current role, McCarthy assists the Director of Athletics in setting the strategic vision for Army West Point Athletics and represents the athletic department in various governance functions within the United States Military Academy. McCarthy oversees the department’s internal operations including game and event operations, team support, procurement and contracting, camps, and equipment operations for all 30 teams. He manages the department’s capital projects that support the sustainment and modernization of athletic facilities as well as the construction of new facilities. He also leads the department’s planning and operations efforts for the annual Army-Navy football game. In addition to serving as the Sport Administrator for the football, women’s soccer, hockey, and baseball teams, he represents Army West Point as a member of the Patriot League Sports Management Committee and as a director of the Atlantic Hockey Association.
McCarthy has been with the department since June 2017 and was added to former Athletic Director Boo Corrigan's executive staff before the 2018-19 academic year. McCarthy first joined the department as the Director of Football Operations on Head Coach Jeff Monken's staff after retiring from the military after 27 years of service, attaining the rank of Colonel. During his season as the Director of Football Operations, the team recorded its most successful season in program history up until that point with a 10-3 record, including wins over rivals Air Force and Navy winning the Commander in Chief’s Trophy for the first time in 21 years. The team also won the Armed Forces Bowl to record back-to-back bowl wins for the first time in program history.
In 2018, McCarthy joined the executive staff as the Associate Athletic Director for Administration where he oversaw capital projects and the department’s equipment staff while serving as the Sport Administrator for the men’s soccer and softball teams. He later was given the responsibility of overseeing the Athletic Training and the Strength and Conditioning staffs for the department and serving as the Sport Administrator for the football team. He was later promoted to Senior Associate Athletic Director. During the 2018 season, the Army football team experienced its most successful season in program history recording its highest win total with an 11-3 record, winning the Commander in Chief’s trophy in back-to-back seasons for the first time, and winning its third consecutive bowl game.
McCarthy is no stranger to West Point having served for fifteen years on the faculty as an Academy Professor in the Department of Systems Engineering. During that time, he held several different positions including serving as the Director of the Systems Engineering Program, the Director of the Operations Research Center, and the Deputy Department Head.
He also served as the Head Officer Representative of the Army West Point sprint football team for more than eight years where he worked closely with the cadet-athletes in all aspects of their off-field development. McCarthy was involved in several strategic initiatives undertaken by the Academy and the athletic department during this time as well.
While assigned to West Point, McCarthy deployed to Afghanistan in 2009 with the 82nd Airborne Division serving as the Chief of Assessments. He later deployed to Iraq in 2010 where he served as the Chief of Strategic Assessments for US Forces Iraq. His most recent deployment was in the spring of 2014 to Djibouti in support of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA).
A 1990 graduate of the United States Military Academy, McCarthy was a three-year letter winner on the Army Sprint Football team earning all-league honors his junior and senior years. During his three years with the program, the team won two league championships including his senior year when McCarthy served as team captain and led the squad to an undefeated season. Following his senior season, McCarthy was named an Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Scholar-Athlete. McCarthy later returned to the team from 2001 to 2003 as an assistant coach where he tutored the wide receivers and tight ends while also coaching the kicking specialists.
Following his graduation from West Point in 1990, McCarthy was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Aviation Branch. Following his completion of Flight School at Fort Rucker, Ala., he served as a flight platoon leader in the 1st Armored Division in Germany and deployed his platoon of Blackhawk helicopters to Mogadishu, Somalia, as part of Operation Restore Hope. He was later reassigned to the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg, N.C., and served in multiple capacities including Commander of the Headquarters Company and as the Brigade Personnel Officer for the Aviation Brigade of the 82nd.
After his time at Fort Bragg, McCarthy earned his Master's in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. Following graduate school, he returned to West Point as an assistant professor in the Department of Systems Engineering, where he served from 1999 to 2003. He then attended the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned his Ph.D. in Management. He returned to USMA in 2006 and rejoined the Department of Systems Engineering as an Academy Professor where he served until he retired from the Army in 2017.
McCarthy and his wife Patty are the proud parents of four boys: Matthew, Shane, Michael, and Jack.
In his current role, McCarthy assists the Director of Athletics in setting the strategic vision for Army West Point Athletics and represents the athletic department in various governance functions within the United States Military Academy. McCarthy oversees the department’s internal operations including game and event operations, team support, procurement and contracting, camps, and equipment operations for all 30 teams. He manages the department’s capital projects that support the sustainment and modernization of athletic facilities as well as the construction of new facilities. He also leads the department’s planning and operations efforts for the annual Army-Navy football game. In addition to serving as the Sport Administrator for the football, women’s soccer, hockey, and baseball teams, he represents Army West Point as a member of the Patriot League Sports Management Committee and as a director of the Atlantic Hockey Association.
McCarthy has been with the department since June 2017 and was added to former Athletic Director Boo Corrigan's executive staff before the 2018-19 academic year. McCarthy first joined the department as the Director of Football Operations on Head Coach Jeff Monken's staff after retiring from the military after 27 years of service, attaining the rank of Colonel. During his season as the Director of Football Operations, the team recorded its most successful season in program history up until that point with a 10-3 record, including wins over rivals Air Force and Navy winning the Commander in Chief’s Trophy for the first time in 21 years. The team also won the Armed Forces Bowl to record back-to-back bowl wins for the first time in program history.
In 2018, McCarthy joined the executive staff as the Associate Athletic Director for Administration where he oversaw capital projects and the department’s equipment staff while serving as the Sport Administrator for the men’s soccer and softball teams. He later was given the responsibility of overseeing the Athletic Training and the Strength and Conditioning staffs for the department and serving as the Sport Administrator for the football team. He was later promoted to Senior Associate Athletic Director. During the 2018 season, the Army football team experienced its most successful season in program history recording its highest win total with an 11-3 record, winning the Commander in Chief’s trophy in back-to-back seasons for the first time, and winning its third consecutive bowl game.
McCarthy is no stranger to West Point having served for fifteen years on the faculty as an Academy Professor in the Department of Systems Engineering. During that time, he held several different positions including serving as the Director of the Systems Engineering Program, the Director of the Operations Research Center, and the Deputy Department Head.
He also served as the Head Officer Representative of the Army West Point sprint football team for more than eight years where he worked closely with the cadet-athletes in all aspects of their off-field development. McCarthy was involved in several strategic initiatives undertaken by the Academy and the athletic department during this time as well.
While assigned to West Point, McCarthy deployed to Afghanistan in 2009 with the 82nd Airborne Division serving as the Chief of Assessments. He later deployed to Iraq in 2010 where he served as the Chief of Strategic Assessments for US Forces Iraq. His most recent deployment was in the spring of 2014 to Djibouti in support of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA).
A 1990 graduate of the United States Military Academy, McCarthy was a three-year letter winner on the Army Sprint Football team earning all-league honors his junior and senior years. During his three years with the program, the team won two league championships including his senior year when McCarthy served as team captain and led the squad to an undefeated season. Following his senior season, McCarthy was named an Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Scholar-Athlete. McCarthy later returned to the team from 2001 to 2003 as an assistant coach where he tutored the wide receivers and tight ends while also coaching the kicking specialists.
Following his graduation from West Point in 1990, McCarthy was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Aviation Branch. Following his completion of Flight School at Fort Rucker, Ala., he served as a flight platoon leader in the 1st Armored Division in Germany and deployed his platoon of Blackhawk helicopters to Mogadishu, Somalia, as part of Operation Restore Hope. He was later reassigned to the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg, N.C., and served in multiple capacities including Commander of the Headquarters Company and as the Brigade Personnel Officer for the Aviation Brigade of the 82nd.
After his time at Fort Bragg, McCarthy earned his Master's in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. Following graduate school, he returned to West Point as an assistant professor in the Department of Systems Engineering, where he served from 1999 to 2003. He then attended the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned his Ph.D. in Management. He returned to USMA in 2006 and rejoined the Department of Systems Engineering as an Academy Professor where he served until he retired from the Army in 2017.
McCarthy and his wife Patty are the proud parents of four boys: Matthew, Shane, Michael, and Jack.
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