Dan McCarty begins his fourth year as a UW-Stout assistant coach in 2010 and his second working with the defensive line. In McCarty's first year, he coached the offensive line.

McCarty, a former All-American tight end at UW-Eau Claire, brings a varied background to the program. McCarty has coached and played at all levels from youth football to high school to college to European professional.

After he completed his playing days at UW-Eau Claire in 1997, McCarty played linebacker for the Franken Knights in Germany in 1998 and for the Green Bay Bombers of the Indoor Football League in 1999.

McCarty got his coaching start with UW-Eau Claire, working with the tight ends in 1998, then coached  wide receivers at the University of Minnesota-Duluth in 1999 and 2000. While in Duluth, where he received his undergraduate degree in Exercise Science, McCarty also coached the Duluth/Superior Lumberjacks of the Indoor Football League during the 2000 season. Beginning as the offensive coordinator, McCarty served as the head coach the final six games of the season.  In the summer of 2001, McCarty went overseas and coached the Eidsvoll 1814s to the Norwegian national football championships.

McCarty returned home to Sturgeon Bay, Wis., where he coached in the Sturgeon Bay School District from 2002-06, serving as the offensive coordinator and assistant head coach, while also working with the Door County Sheriff's Department.

An all-conference linebacker and tight end at Sturgeon Bay High School, McCarty was awarded a scholarship to Eastern Michigan in 1992, but transferred to Northern Michigan in 1993. He transferred to UW-Eau Claire in 1996.

McCarty is pursuing a masters degree at Stout in education.