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John Harvey McKay (July 5, 1923 – June 10, 2001) was an American football coach. He was the head coach of the USC Trojans from 1960 to 1975, and of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1976 to 1984.

He was the father of former Buccaneers general manager Rich McKay, who is now the general manager of the Atlanta Falcons.

USC won four national championships during McKay's tenure as head coach. Two of his players, Mike Garrett (1965) and O.J. Simpson (1968), won the Heisman Trophy.

In 1976, McKay became the first head coach of the Buccaneers. The team lost all 14 games in 1976 and the first 12 games of 1977 before winning their first game against the Arizona Cardinals. They would also win the last game of the 1977 season.

In 1979, the Buccaneers posted their first winning season. The Bucs won the NFC Central Division title in the final week of the 1979 season by beating the Kansas City Chiefs 3-0 in a driving Tampa rainstorm.

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