McKay is a son of former USC Trojan and Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach John McKay and the older brother of former Buccaneers general manager and current Atlanta Falcons president, Rich McKay.
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The 1972 NCAA University Division football season saw the USC Trojans, coached by John McKay, go undefeated and win the national championship as the unanimous choice of the fifty AP panelists.
Co-founder of Mission Pictures with Andrew Hauptman and Damien Jones, Graham Broadbent produced Thunderpants (2002) by Peter Hewitt and Piccadilly Jim (2004) by John McKay.
He served as a running backs coach at the University of Southern California under John McKay before accepting the head coaching position at California State University, Fullerton, where he compiled an 18–15 record in three seasons (1972–1974).
The architects and founding members were Michael Cusack of County Clare, Maurice Davin, John K. Bracken, George McCarthy, P.J. Ryan of Tipperary, John Wise-Power, and John McKay.