Eric McCready - Football Coach - University of Colorado Athletics

Houston

Sep 12 (Fri)

5:30 PM

Eric McCready

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Eric McCready will serve as a graduate assistant coach for the 2005 season, his second year on the CU coaching staff. He returned to his alma mater in March 2004 as the offensive technical intern to begin what he hopes is his climb into the coaching ranks.

McCready, 27, joined CU from private business in Atlanta, Ga., where he was a Christmas tree sales representative while also selling commercial real estate; he had been living there since he left CU.

He graduated with a degree in business (marketing) in 2001 from CU, where he lettered four times in football between 1997 and 2000. He played extensively on special teams his first two seasons, then saw more and more action at receiver and finished his CU career with 38 catches for 435 yards and two touchdowns. He closed his career as a favorite target for Buff quarterbacks, with 13 catches for 127 yards and both his scores, with CU defeating Iowa State and Missouri and losing in the final seconds at Nebraska.

He signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Eagles, but suffered a knee injury in training camp and called it an end to his football career.

He was born November 14, 1977 in Shawnee Mission, Kan., and graduated from Englewood’s (Colo.) Cherry Creek High School in 1976, where he lettered in football, basketball and track. He was a high school All-American as a senior, when he caught 50 passes for 980 yards and 12 touchdowns. His father (Robert) played basketball at Cornell; one brother (Mike) played hockey at New Hampshire and professionally with Saginaw; another brother (Rob) played football at Ball State. He is single.