He served as the head men's basketball coach at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana from 1999 to 2022.
From 1983 to 1999, McConathy was the basketball coach at Bossier Parish Community College, originally an entity of the Bossier Parish School Board.
He was hired as head coach at Northwestern State in March 1999.
John McConathy was a superintendent of the Bossier Parish School Board prior to his retirement in 1983.
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