Coach McNulty took the helm of the Hustlin’ Hawks Latin football program in 1985, leading the team to 11 state football championships (1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2016) with three undefeated seasons (1987, 2007, 2016). In 2007, the Hawks also finished No. 1 in the Charlotte Observer Sweet 16.
Five of Coach McNulty’s former players have been or are active in the NFL: Sam Mills, Jr. (coaching), Chris Canty ’00, Brenton Bersin ’08, Ross Cockrell ’09, and Daniel Jones ’15.
Recipient of the 2016 Bronko Nagurski High School Coach of the Year award, Coach Mac was also awarded Latin’s Hawkspys Varsity Coach of the Year in both 2004 and 2011. He won the Steve Howard Excellence in Coaching Award in 2006 and the coveted Inlustrate Orbem (CLS Alumni) award in 2015.
In addition to coaching football, Coach McNulty was also a Latin track coach leading the Hawks to 15 state championships (6 for boys, 9 for girls).
He and his wife Marilyn (they were high school football quarterback and cheerleader) are the parents of three sons, Cullen ’93, Connor ’95, and Carson ’97.
