USD Football 1999

Head Coach Kevin McGarry

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KEVIN McGARRY

4th Season as Torero Head Coach 22nd Season on USD Coaching Staff

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Kevin McGarry enters his fourth year as head coach of the University of San Diego football program. With 54 returners and 16 starters back from last season, McGarry is optimistic the Toreros will get back to their winning ways. In 1997 he directed the Toreros to an 8-3 overall mark and a school best second place finish in the Pioneer Football League with its 4-1 mark. The 1997 campaign was USD's best showing since moving to the NCAA Division I-AA ranks and the PFL conference in 1993. The '97 club became only the fourth USO squad to achieve at least eight victories in 35 years of Torero football, and it was the program's most victories since the 1981 season. The team 's 33.6 points per game average ranks

second all-time in USD football.

Kevin McGarry Record

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The tenth coach to direct the Torero football program since its start in 1956, Kevin is the first USD graduate to head the position. McGarry enters the 1999

Year 1998 1997 1996

PCT .200 .727 .400 .452

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season with a career mark of 14-17.

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McGarry is no stranger to USD football. Prior to his stint as head coach in 1996, he was an assistant coach at the University ofSan Diego for eighteen seasons,

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including the last fourteen as the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach. ______ _______. He becameafull-timeassistantforfootball in 1985--his first seven years (1978-84) were split between football, women's softball (head coach) and as an elementary school teacher. In addition to his on-the-field duties, Kevin was also responsible for recruiting and as liaison for the USD Football Alumni Club.

"Kevin's years of experience at USO have prepared him well for this position," stated Tom Iannacone, Director of Athletics. "He clearly understands the role of the football program within the mission of the university ." Over the past twenty-one seasons with Kevin on the coach ing staff, USO has accumulated an overall record of 115-91-3 , including fifteen seasons with records of .500 or better. Of the nine USO football players that have been named GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans since 1981, eight have come from the defensive side of the ball , including seven defensive backs. In 1987 the Torero defense set a school record for shutouts in a season with four, and the team gave up just 100 points in ten contests and finished 6-3-1. Prior to joining the USD coaching staff in 1978, Kevin was a two– year letterwinner on the USO football squad ( 1976-77), earning co– Defensive Player of the Year honors in 1977. He played two years (1974-75) at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California, earning Most Val uab le Player honors in 1975. He received both his Bachelor ofArts in Education ( 1979), and his Master's Degree in Education Admi nistration (1985) from the Univer– sity of San Diego. He is currently on a leave of absense from USD 's Doctoral program in Education. Kevin and his wife, Mary Ann, reside in Scripps Ranch and have four chi ldren: twi ns Pat and Mike ( 12 year-olds), Timbo (9- years-old), and Matt (3-year-old).