Neil McCarthy (born 29 November 1974) is an English former Rugby union player.
He was involved with the England team from 1999 to 2000, including the Rugby World Cup 1999.
He was Leicester Tigers Academy director from 2007 to 2015 and produced current England players George Ford, Manu Tuilagi, Dan Cole, Tom Croft, Billy Twelvetrees and the Youngs Brothers Ben and Tom.
On 11 March 2015, McCarthy returned to Gloucester Rugby to become their new Head of academy.
[1] Having restructured and established the Gloucester academy as a leading programme McCarthy moved into Olympic sport with British Skeleton based in Bath, UK.