He began his coaching career in 1973 and held assistant coaching positions at North Texas State, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, Livingston, Kentucky, Austin Peay, Mississippi Delta Community College and several high schools throughout Alabama.
He served as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Oxford High School in Oxford, Mississippi from 2016 to 2018 as well as serving the same positions at Lamar School in Meridian, Mississippi in 2019 before he decided to retire.
[2] Never finishing higher than fourth in the Gulf South Conference standings, McCorkle resigned from his post on November 14, 1990.
Following the resignation of Randy Pippin, he was promoted for a second stint as head coach at his alma mater in November 2003.
[7] McCorkle's son, Blaine, is the head football coach for Northwestern State University.