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John McCarthy
Founder

Small College Basketball
smallcollegebasketball@gmail.com
913-486-7872

John McCarthy has been involved in various capacities within college athletics for over 30 years. At the collegiate level, he's been a Head Coach (Wilmington College, DE), Athletic Director (Lynn University), Founder of the Collegiate Basketball Invitational and Director of the NAIA's Division I Men's Basketball National Championship.

 

During his time at Lynn University, he served as the Chair of three committees within the Sunshine State Conference and served as Chair of the South Region for Men's Basketball, while also serving on the NCAA Division II National Committee.  While with the NAIA, he also served as a liaison to four conferences and handled multiple NAIA membership applications.

 

The Collegiate Basketball Invitational brought the top seniors from all of small college basketball to one site to play before professional teams, agents and the national media.  McCarthy created partnerships with ESPNU, the NABC, Russell Athletic and others to make this the pre-eminent event for college basketball seniors at the small college level.

 

He has become one of the country's pre-eminent authorities on small college basketball. McCarthy has been quoted in USA Today, Basketball Times, the Indianapolis Star, the Wilmington News Journal, the Kansas City Star and Time Out (NABC's publication), among many others. 

 

He's written the Foreward for Danny Stooksbury's National Title and written articles in the Sports Business Journal, Time Out, Kansas City Star, the HoopScoopand many others.

 

McCarthy also travels the country speaking to coaches and athletic administrators, at all levels, of all sports, through his nationally-renown presentation, Lessons of the Legends.  More recently, his presentations, Life Lessons & The Real Recruiting Process have become prominent on the speaking circuit as well.

 

In addition, McCarthy has also consulted for multiple universities in multiple states.

 

McCarthy resides in Ft. Myers, FL with his wife (Christine) and son (Sean).

 

 

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