Rich McCarthy - Class of 2018

(Kingsford)

Despite serious health issues (four kidney transplants and one liver transplant), Rich McCarthy was a successful athlete and high school coach for 32 years before he died in 2003. He earned 11 letters in four sports at Kingsford High School, was a three-year starting quarterback at Northern Michigan University, where he owned 10 school records and was MVP of the 1969 team. He was head football coach at Muskegon Oakridge High School for five years and was an assistant football coach at Muskegon Orchard View and Muskegon Reeths-Puffer for 21 years. He was also girls track coach for 12 years at Reeths-Puffer. He was Michigan's assistant football coach of the year in 1997 and was selected to the Michigan High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 2007.