Mac McWhorter
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Hamilton Pierce "Mac" McWhorter (born June 17, 1950) is the former offensive line coach for the Texas Longhorns and was the interim head coach
for Georgia Tech's football
team in 2001 after George O'Leary
resigned and only coached for one game, the 2001 Seattle Bowl
against No. 11-ranked Stanford
. Tech won, 24 to 14, technically giving McWhorter the highest win percentage of any Georgia Tech football coach.
McWhorter was an All-SEC guard at Georgia in 1973. McWhorter retired following the 2010 season with the Longhorns. The American Football Coaches of America voted Longhorn offensive line coach Mac McWhorter the top assistant coach in the country for 2008.
Head coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches...
for Georgia Tech's football
College football
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team in 2001 after George O'Leary
George O'Leary
George Joseph O'Leary is the head football coach of the UCF Knights football team that represents the University of Central Florida located in Orlando, Florida; he previously coached the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team from 1994 to 2001, and served as an assistant coach for the Minnesota...
resigned and only coached for one game, the 2001 Seattle Bowl
2001 Seattle Bowl
The 2001 Jeep Seattle Bowl was the first edition to be named as such of the college football bowl game , and was to be played at Qwest Field in Seattle, Washington. The game pitted the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from the ACC and the from the Pac-10...
against No. 11-ranked Stanford
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. Tech won, 24 to 14, technically giving McWhorter the highest win percentage of any Georgia Tech football coach.
McWhorter was an All-SEC guard at Georgia in 1973. McWhorter retired following the 2010 season with the Longhorns. The American Football Coaches of America voted Longhorn offensive line coach Mac McWhorter the top assistant coach in the country for 2008.