Francis “Dick” McCarthy

Tennis Coach

Born August 21, 1918 in Aberdeen, South Dakota

Attended Oxnard High School 1934-1936

Earned varsity letters in football, baseball, track, tennis, and basketball

All-Southern CIF, Honorable Mention Award as an end — 1936

All-County First String Left End Award — 1936

Earned athletic scholarships to USC and Loyola University

Co-Most Valuable Player — Basketball — Junior and Senior years

Ventura County 15 & Under Boys Singles Tennis Champion — 1933

Ventura County 18 & Under Boys Singles Tennis Champion — 1934

Ventura & Santa Barbara Counties 18 & Under Boys Singles Tennis Champion — 1935

Ventura & Santa Barbara Counties 18 & Under Boys Singles Tennis Champion — 1936

Ventura & Santa Barbara Counties 18 & Under Interscholastic Boys Doubles Tennis Champion — 1936

Attended Loyola University 1937-1938
Played freshman football and basketball — winner of Men’s Doubles Tennis Award

Entered Navy in 1944, was one of five among 45,000 personnel chosen to attend the prestigious Athletic Specialist School in Bainbridge, Maryland

Oxnard City Singles Tennis Champion 1947, 1948, 1951

Oxnard City Men’s Doubles Champion 1947, 1948, 1951

Ventura County Men’s Doubles Champion 1952

Oxnard City Mixed Doubles Champion 1947, 1948

First tennis coach, Moorpark High School

First teaching tennis pro, Oxnard, Camarillo

Coached tennis at Santa Clara High School — Tri-valley Champions 1962, 1963

State of California Parks & Recreation Association Tennis Tournament Winner Men’s Doubles 1983

Original founder of Oxnard Little League