He is the head football coach at Western Heights High School in Oklahoma City.
McCarty served two stints as the head football coach at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, from 2004 to 2005 and 2009 to 2017.
His two tenures at East Central were separated by a three-year stint at the assistant head football coach at Kansas State University.
McCarty came to Kansas State after a two-year stint as the head coach at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma.
Prior to East Central, McCarty coached Tabor College to a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) power from the ground up.