McCarty Named Defensive Tackles Coach
3/27/2026 12:03:00 PM | Football
DAVIDSON, N.C. – Cullen McCarty has been named the new defensive tackles coach at Davidson College as announced by second-year head coach Saj Thakkar.
"Cullen is a great addition to our staff and Davidson College as a whole," commented Thakkar. "His experience as a player and coach on the defensive side of the ball and as a coach on the offensive side gives him a unique perspective to add to our defensive staff. He comes from a football family and understands what it takes to win at a high level."
McCarty joins the Wildcats after serving as a graduate assistant at Old Dominion University where he worked with the offensive line the past two seasons.
Prior to his time in Norfolk, Va., he spent the 2022 campaign as a defensive quality control coach at Fordham.
A 2020 graduate of Assumption, McCarty was a four-year letter winner with the Greyhounds football team. Following graduation, he served as an intern with the Assumption program in the spring of 2021
A three-sport athlete at York High School in York, Maine (football, basketball, and track), McCarty was a two-time all-conference selection in football. He then spent a year at Worcester Academy where he continued to all three sports, earning All-New England and all-conference accolades in football.
"Cullen is a great addition to our staff and Davidson College as a whole," commented Thakkar. "His experience as a player and coach on the defensive side of the ball and as a coach on the offensive side gives him a unique perspective to add to our defensive staff. He comes from a football family and understands what it takes to win at a high level."
McCarty joins the Wildcats after serving as a graduate assistant at Old Dominion University where he worked with the offensive line the past two seasons.
Prior to his time in Norfolk, Va., he spent the 2022 campaign as a defensive quality control coach at Fordham.
A 2020 graduate of Assumption, McCarty was a four-year letter winner with the Greyhounds football team. Following graduation, he served as an intern with the Assumption program in the spring of 2021
A three-sport athlete at York High School in York, Maine (football, basketball, and track), McCarty was a two-time all-conference selection in football. He then spent a year at Worcester Academy where he continued to all three sports, earning All-New England and all-conference accolades in football.
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