{"id":21942,"date":"2016-06-30T14:20:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T18:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=21942"},"modified":"2025-12-15T10:20:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:20:25","slug":"john-mccarthy","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/john-mccarthy\/","title":{"rendered":"John McCarthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. John McCarthy is a clinical associate professor of applied human development at Boston University Wheelock College of Education &amp; Human Development. He is also the director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/research-impact\/centers-labs-institutes\/the-institute-for-athletic-coach-education\/\">Institute for Athletic Coach Education<\/a>, which<span> offers training and education for coaches in the community, particularly those involved in youth sport. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dr. McCarthy has extensive practical experience gained from his 15 years as a coach at the college and high school levels. He has also been highly active in the field of coach education. He has been the regional coordinator for the NFL\u2019s Coaching Academy Program, and sits on several advisory boards for organizations that are aimed at developing youth through sport, including G-Row Boston and the Starfish Foundation.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"profile-section-label\">Recent News<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2025\/power-positive-coaching\/\">The Power of Positive Coaching<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"profile-section-label\">In the Media<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/club-youth-sports-travel-teams-massachusetts\/\">Travel Teams, Club Sports Taking a Toll on Families. Should They Be Regulated in Mass.?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2024\/athletes-hospitalized-by-workouts\/\">POV: It\u2019s Unthinkable That Athletes End Up Hospitalized by Workouts Designed to Make Them Better<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2024\/does-caitlin-clark-signal-a-new-era-in-womens-sports\/\">POV: Does Caitlin Clark Signal a New Era in Women\u2019s Sports?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2022\/tom-brady-greatest-legacy\/\">Tom Brady\u2019s Greatest Legacy Might Be Leadership, Not Super Bowls<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":11825,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/21942"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11825"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/21942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86224,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/21942\/revisions\/86224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}