Paul McCord has been a coach and teacher for over thirty years, helping thousands of men and women to reach their goals. His skills as an entrepreneur have resulted in building multiple successful small businesses. In addition, Paul is a skilled investor and philanthropist serving a variety of non-profit companies.
As a NCAA and NFL athlete, Paul earned academic all-America honors and signed contracts with the Dallas Cowboys and Baltimore Ravens. He went on to help lead the Ravens to their Super Bowl XXXV victory over the New York Giants as a special teams assistant coach. His NFL coaching career included stints with the Jacksonville Jaguars and analytical consulting work with the Buffalo Bills.
Paul also founded the men’s and women’s Division I lacrosse programs at Jacksonville University using his skills as a business planner, skilled coaching acumen, and recruiter. The programs quickly earned top-20 victories with the women’s team becoming a perennial national powerhouse earning 15 conference championships and setting multiple NCAA scoring records. As a college football coach at Western Maryland (now McDaniel College), Paul helped lead the program to a #1 NCAA ranking and six consecutive conference championships, their first titles in 40+ seasons! His pro and NCAA teams have earned 21 conference titles and one Super Bowl title in just 25 seasons of coaching both men and women.
Paul is a sought after featured speaker with Fortune 100 companies like PepsiCo, small businesses and non-profit organizations like US Lacrosse, LGS, Carroll County Christian Men’s Prayer Breakfast, and many others. His background in business, sports, leadership, family development, and investing serve a variety of personal and corporate needs.
He has authored two books on special teams, one of which 101 Special Teams Drills, is the best selling football manual of its kind. He has also published A Complete Guide to Coaching Special Teams, an anthology of how-to-coach the art of the football kicking game.
Paul graduated cum laude from Western Maryland with a degree in history-education and concentrations in journalism and business. He went on to earn his MS in exercise science. Paul’s wife, Mindy, serves as the head lacrosse coach at JU. Their daughter Taylor was an all-Conference NCAA student-athlete and is currently a financial analyst. The couple welcomed a son, LJ, in 2014.