[1] He previously served as the head men's basketball coach at St. Francis (PA) and Marist.

[2] After a three-year stop at Iona as an assistant under Pat Kennedy and participated in the 1984 and 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.

Magarity accepted the head coaching position at Marist in 1986, where he stayed for 18 seasons, amassing a 253–259 record while guiding the Red Foxes to the 1987 NCAA tournament with Rik Smits, as well as a National Invitational Tournament appearance in 1996.

[4][1] After Dixon's death in 2006, Magarity was elevated to the position of head coach of the Black Knights.

[8] The January 9, 2021 game between Army and Holy Cross was the first time that a father and daughter coached against one another in Division I basketball.