Garrick McGee - Football Coach - University of North Carolina Athletics

Garrick McGee

Title:
Wide Receivers Coach
Phone:
919-966-2575

An experienced offensive mind, Garrick McGee begins first season at Carolina as the Wide Receivers Coach.

McGee arrives in Chapel Hill after his second stint on the staff at Louisville, serving as the Cardinals’ wide receivers coach the last two seasons.

Returning to lead the wide receivers at Louisville in 2023, McGee tutored Jamari Thrash to earn second team All-Atlantic Coast Conference accolades and a become a fifth-round selection in the NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. Thrash caught 63 passes for 858 yards and six touchdowns before entering the draft.

McGee left Louisville to become the offensive coordinator at Illinois, where he worked for two seasons. He also worked two years at Missouri and Florida before joining Brohm’s staff at Purdue.

In his only season at Purdue, McGee coached wide receiver Charlie Jones, who earned second team AP All-America honors after leading the country with 110 receptions and 1,361 yards receiving. Jones also finished the regular season with a team-high 12 touchdowns.

McGee served as the head coach at UAB for two seasons prior to his first stint at Louisville. He was hired at UAB after four seasons at Arkansas, including two as the offensive coordinator. McGee helped Arkansas to final rankings of No. 12 in 2010 and No. 5 in 2011 during his two years as offensive coordinator for the Razorbacks. Arkansas led the SEC in total offense and ranked No. 29 nationally in 2011 at 438.1 yards per game, while scoring 40+ points on six occasions.

McGee was influential in the development of quarterback Ryan Mallett at Arkansas. The former Michigan transfer broke 45 school records and was just the third SEC quarterback to surpass 3,500 yards passing in consecutive seasons. Before departing Arkansas for the UAB head job, McGee was a finalist for the 2011 Broyles Award, presented to the nation’s top assistant coach.

McGee has also held coaching positions at Northwestern, UNLV, Toledo, Northern Iowa and Langston University, along with two seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

McGee attended Booker T. Washington High in Tulsa and played for his father, the late Larry McGee. He played at Arizona State in 1991 and 1992 and went to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in 1993 before transferring to Oklahoma.

McGee earned a bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma in 1996, where he played two seasons and ended his career fourth on OU’s career passing yards list (2,449 yards). He was voted the Big Eight Newcomer of the Year by the league’s coaches in 1994.

McGee has two sons, Cameron and Grant.

McGee’s Year-by-Year Coaching History
1996-1998: Langston (Assistant)
1999: Northern Iowa (Wide Receivers Coach)
2000-2001: Jacksonville Jaguars (Quality Control)
2002: Toledo (Wide Receivers Coach)
2003: UNLV (Wide Receivers Coach)
2004-2005: Northwestern (Wide Receivers Coach)
2006-2007: Northwestern (Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach)
2008-2009: Arkansas (Quarterbacks Coach)
2010-2011: Arkansas (Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach)
2012-2013: UAB (Head Coach)
2014-2015: Louisville (Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach)
2016-2017: Illinois (Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach)
2018: Missouri (Analyst)
2019: Missouri (Wide Receivers Coach)
2020: Florida (Analyst)
2021: Florida (Quarterbacks Coach)
2022: Purdue (Wide Receivers Coach)
2023-2024: Louisville (Wide Receivers Coach)
2025-Present: North Carolina (Wide Receivers Coach)