John McCarthy

Clinical Assistant Professor of Education
BA, Williams College; EdM, EdD, Boston University

Dr. McCarthy oversees the Coaching Specialization in the Master of Education Program. This course of study educates coaches to be leaders in their field. In addition, this specialization prepares students to work in the field of coach education and research on coaching. The coach’s role in the growth and development of young people through sport is being increasingly recognized as powerful in the lives of many young people in and out of schools. In addition to his teaching, Dr. McCarthy is the Director of Boston University’s Institute for Athletic Coach Education. This institute offers training and education for coaches not only in school sports, but also in sports programs across the community. The institute is involved with designing and delivering innovative coach training to coaches in youth development programs.He has developed a program at Boston’s English High School that uses physical activities to teach personal and social responsibility. Dr. McCarthy has extensive practical experience gained from his fifteen years as a coach at the college and high school levels. He has conducted research on coaching. He has served as the regional coordinator for the National Football League’s Coaching Academy Program, and sits on several advisory boards for organizations that are aimed at developing youth through sport, including G-Row Boston, Jason Garrett’s Starfish Foundation, and the Boston Youth Sports Initiative.