[3] After the game, McCoy missed his midterms due to a blizzard that trapped him in his wife's home town of Syracuse, New York.

McCoy resumed his education after he was recruited to play football at Lafayette College by coach Jock Sutherland.

[4][3] In 1929 he joined the faculty of Northeastern University as an English professor and head baseball and men's basketball coach.

[3] In 1932, with the assistance of engineering school dean Carl Ell and athletic director Putty Parsons, McCoy established a freshman football team at Northeastern.

[8] After his coaching career ended, McCoy moved to La Jolla, California, where he was a successful liquor store owner and a golf writer for the San Diego Tribune.