[1] He signed with the San Diego Chargers in 1991 following the end of his college career, and also spent two seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
After his playing career concluded, McCloud worked at a bank, but spent time as the defensive coordinator at Kaiser High School in Hawaii, mostly as a favor to one of his former UH teammates.
He was retained by Chris Ault after Tormey was fired in 2004, and was promptly reassigned to coaching wide receivers.
[5] McCloud joined the coaching staff at Eastern Illinois in 2012 as their defensive coordinator, working under Dino Babers, who he was an assistant with at Baylor from 2008 to 2010.
[10] McCloud was named a defensive analyst and quality control coach at his alma mater Hawaii in 2020.