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Georgia D. McCarthy has been Huntington’s District Director of Health, Physical Education and Athletics since 2002. She began her career in the district in 1992 as a physical education teacher at Flower Hill and later worked at Huntington Intermediate and the high school.
A member of Huntington High School’s Class of 1982, Mrs. McCarthy was an exceptional athlete and earned a full NCAA Division I basketball scholarship to James Madison University, graduating in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications. She was employed by ABC Television in Virginia, sports logging and writing and later held a similar position with NBC in New York before ultimately deciding to pursue a career in education.
In 1990, Adelphi University awarded Mrs. McCarthy a Master’s degree in physical education. Her first teaching job was at Friend’s Academy in Locust Valley, where she also coached varsity girls’ basketball and soccer and JV softball.
At Huntington, Mrs. McCarthy coached the Blue Devil JV girls’ basketball team for five seasons and won four Coach of the Year Awards. She also coached the boys’ JV team, volunteered with the boys’ varsity squad, served as JV softball coach and coached boys’ varsity volleyball. She has also been active on the college level, first as Adelphi’s head women’s tennis coach and then as a graduate assistant in the women’s basketball program.
After teaching for 12 years, Mrs. McCarthy earned her state administrative certification through Dowling College in 2002. In addition to her other duties, she serves as Huntington’s Driver Education Coordinator and as chairperson of the district’s Comprehensive Health Advisory Council.
A member of the Suffolk County Athletic Director’s Association, Mrs. McCarthy has served as the group’s secretary and vice president. She has been a key player in Section XI, Suffolk’s governing body for interscholastic athletics. At one time or another, Mrs. McCarthy has been a Section XI conference secretary and vice president, the female Council representative and a member of the Finance, Modified and Eligibility committees.
A love for sports led Mrs. McCarthy to found a summer lacrosse and basketball camp, which she directed for nine years and which grew to become one of the premier programs in the metropolitan area.
Mrs. McCarthy’s father, Ray once held the same position in Huntington she now does and she regularly credits him for a lengthy list of innovations and accomplishments on behalf of the physical education and athletic programs and for her own success. She created an annual scholarship in his name and presents it each year at the Blue Devil Senior Athletic Awards Dinner.