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Strength/track/football coach@ Rochester HS|HSSCC|USATF LVL 2 Throws Coach|RPR1&2|NHSSCA Podcast Host|Owner of Sangamon Throws Club #ThrowBigThrowFar

Rochester, IL
Joined December 2014
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Andrew McGhghy
2 years
This is why high schoolers should never be allowed to vote 🤦🏻‍♂️
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3 years
If you don’t get as excited about your freshman girl doing her first unassisted pull-up as you do your football player hitting 225 on bench then you’re doing it wrong. Every kid deserves to be celebrated no matter how small the victory.
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3 years
Got the weight room fridge stocked with uncrustables and choccy milk! #strongerbombers
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Andrew McGhghy
3 years
It takes a village to raise a child, but it takes a small metropolitan population to smoothly run a good track meet.
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2 years
Dear JH track coaches, just because a kid is a little overweight doesn’t automatically make him a thrower.
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Andrew McGhghy
3 years
The scariest thing for me about ever coaching at another school is thinking about having to replace 98% of my wardrobe.
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Andrew McGhghy
3 years
Tomorrow is my first day as the new strength and conditioning coach at Macomb High School. Very excited for this opportunity and next step!
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3 years
Walked onto the field tonight with a 15 game losing streak. Walked off the field with our first win in almost 2 years. Its only one win but I’m on cloud 9 right now!
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1 year
Dear Rochester athletes, see I’m not making this stuff up. Other teams do it too!
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Scott Jess
1 year
Wisconsin basketball doing RPR. Love it!
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Andrew McGhghy
4 years
Losing 65 pounds was the best birthday present I could give myself
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Andrew McGhghy
3 years
A good strength coach
@CoachGeorge67
Zach George
3 years
Highschool Strength and Conditioning coaches, what do you think is the most valuable piece of equipment at in the HS weight room that many schools are missing out on? @clh_strength @YorkStrength17 @CoachTQuick @NHSSCA_IN
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3 years
Is there a day more loathed by coaches than picture day?
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Andrew McGhghy
2 years
Told the team tonight so it’s official now. This was my last season as the head boys track coach at Macomb. I’ll be relocating to Springfield this fall and will be an assistant football and track coach at Rochester High School. Incredibly grateful for the last 9 years at Macomb.
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6 months
WE #DID IT 🏆
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Andrew McGhghy
2 years
Me- Let’s focus on keeping our levers long in the start. Athlete-
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7 months
Senior choir singer. Doesn’t do any sports. Decent.
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Andrew McGhghy
2 years
You shouldn’t host the conference track meet if you’re not going to use FAT 😤
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Andrew McGhghy
3 years
New shot put pit! 😍
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Andrew McGhghy
6 months
WE’RE GOING TO STATE!!!! 🚀🚀🚀🚀
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Andrew McGhghy
2 years
Anybody know any good freelance graphic designers? Bad luck on fiverr so far.
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Andrew McGhghy
1 month
Throwing AND grilling??? I am in heaven
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
2 weeks into taking over JH wrestling: cut practice time by half an hour, purposeful drilling time ⬆️ , games for conditioning instead of mindless nothingness ⬆️, smiles⬆️. Trying to bring my “feed the cats” mindset to wrestling! @pntrack @TFConsortium
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3 years
Anyone else not have an actual desk in their weight room?
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
Non-reverse throws need to be a bigger staple in junior high and high school throws training
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2 years
New goal: Present at a clinic in the next two years.
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
Been talking about a throws club since moving to the area and now it’s starting to come to fruition! Happy to announce that I’ll be partnering with @MTCthrowers in this endeavor! Practices will start in March. Online registration coming soon! Sangamon Throws Club is happening!
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Andrew McGhghy
7 months
In case your eyes can’t see that well the scoreboard behind us reads 49-13. 🚀 are onto the semis! Murphysboro here we come. #RollChester #DID
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1 month
Hosting a track meet counts as cardio
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Andrew McGhghy
3 months
🥶💍
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Andrew McGhghy
9 months
Year 1 Day 1 🚀💪🏼🚀
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
What a weekend! Left with a 4th place medalist and state champion🥇! Rochester Junior High can now say it has had a wrestling state champion!🤼🚀🤼🚀
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
State champ!! Dylan Durocher wins back to back JH state titles🥇in the shot put with a throw of 48-4!
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Andrew McGhghy
3 years
Introducing the kids to angsty middle school coach McGhghy this morning
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Andrew McGhghy
11 months
Episode 2 drops tomorrow with @PirateStrength and more! @NHSSCA
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
Sending my girlfriend’s niece instructional snapchats on how to throw shot, discus, and javelin 30 minutes before the meet starts because she just found out when she got there what events she was doing and her coaches have never instructed her in any of them 😡😡😡😡😡😡
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Andrew McGhghy
2 years
Pregame vision reset and @RPR_system pregame with @RocketsCUSD3a football
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Andrew McGhghy
11 months
Illinois coaches showed out at Natcon!
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
First indoor meet of the year tomorrow- got the bag packed with all the essentials!
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Andrew McGhghy
2 years
I offer amazing coaching advice like this all the time absolutely free of charge. I’ll be at the next level soon I can feel it.
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Andrew McGhghy
3 years
People in Texas losing their minds over a few inches of snow meanwhile I’m here in Illinois THRIVING
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
👀👀👀
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Andrew McGhghy
11 months
Implemented a new advanced warmup drill today: Acceleration✅curvilinear running✅reaction✅competitive✅ don’t over think it!
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10 days
State track meet-Objectively my favorite place to be!
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Andrew McGhghy
11 months
Asked one of my athletes to draw a logo for the weight room. I think he crushed it! 🚀💪🏼🚀💪🏼🚀
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Andrew McGhghy
2 years
$2.40 at goodwill 😎
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Andrew McGhghy
3 years
Love my hogs! #strongerbombers
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
Another @TFConsortium in the books and again my mind is 🤯🤯🤯! So many things I can’t wait to start incorporating.Thanks to @WGF1 @pntrack @korfist @les7spellman @SteveJonesSPK @HFAPT @YorkStrength17 @BrendanThompsn @KulaPerformance @coachbdixon @SHSCoachMueller for presenting!
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Andrew McGhghy
3 years
Just got off the phone with a newly hired HS strength coach. I hope he got value out of the things I said but on the flip side it was incredibly beneficial for me to be able to explain the how and why to the things I do. Blessed to be in a position to help others for a change!
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Andrew McGhghy
2 years
This is pretty cool buuuuuut $2500? Hard pass. Ask a farmer and I guarantee they got some big ole tires they’ll just give you.
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7 months
Not so breaking news- We still rolling! On to the quarterfinals #NoSleepTillNormal
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Andrew McGhghy
8 months
Home bound from @GillAthletics with 6 new safety squat bars !Excited to add these to the program for our 🚀athletes!
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
Not quite the finish we were hoping for but Dylan took🥉with a throw of 148-5. Had two go 160+, one in warmups and one in comp about a foot past the sector line. All in all a great day to cap off an amazing JH career!
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Andrew McGhghy
2 years
Shiny new toy courtesy of @GillAthletics @MikeCunningham
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Andrew McGhghy
11 months
Done!
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Andrew McGhghy
7 months
9-0 conference champs. 🚀 over everybody. Playoffs here we come #RollChester
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Andrew McGhghy
2 years
Taking a risk, betting on myself. 2022 will be my best year yet. Also- shoutout to @_CoachPitts for the art work! Absolutely fantastic to work with and would 100% recommend him for anyone needing some design work done.
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6 months
No better way to start thanksgiving! T minus 34 hours till kick off
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Andrew McGhghy
3 years
WE’RE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS!!!
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
The first episode of the @NHSSCA podcast is up and available for listening! Click on to be taken to platforms the episode is currently streaming on. More platforms coming soon. Enjoy!
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Andrew McGhghy
11 months
Don’t forget to stop by, grab a sticker and scan the QR code to let me know you’re interested in being on the show!
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
150’10 for a new PR! Keep raising the ceiling! 🚀🚀🚀
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Andrew McGhghy
3 months
Freshman Dylan Durocher takes 7th today with a PR of 13,44m(44-1.25ft). 45 foot barrier is going to drop soon! 🚀🚀
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Andrew McGhghy
2 years
Quarterfinals here we come!
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Andrew McGhghy
2 years
New 5th grade student today at recess-“ You look like my dad but your arms are bigger.” Well obviously kid 🦍
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
Super excited to be taking this on!
@NHSSCA
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1 year
Coming soon: The NHSSCA Podcast . . . for high school strength coaches, by high school strength coaches. Hosted by @CoachMcGhghy
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Andrew McGhghy
3 years
Played Year 3000 by the Jonas Brothers in the weight room yesterday. Nobody reacted, nobody got hyped. Slowly losing faith in today’s youth..
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
I know isn’t the be all end all of rankings but being listed #3 in the nation is pretty amazing! Dylan continues to raise his ceiling! 3 more weeks till state 💪🏼🚀
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Andrew McGhghy
3 months
Top🚀 thrower tonight was freshman Dylan Durocher who went 13.22m (43’4.5”) Thanks @TriadThrows and @chadburgess81 for running a smooth operation tonight!
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Andrew McGhghy
1 month
Our underclassmen have produced so far this season: 2 6ft high jumpers and another who’s cleared 5’10, a 21-4 long jumper, a 41-9.5 triple jumper, a 12-6 pole vaulter, and now a pair of freshman shot putters who have gone 43-11 and 44-2 and a soph who’s gone 42-11.75🤯🚀
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
First outdoor meet in the books! Definitely a contender for the windiest meet I’ve ever attended. Left with a 🥇 in discus with a 124’8 for Baron. 15 foot PR from last year and we are only getting started! 🚀
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@CoachMcGhghy
Andrew McGhghy
2 months
Business card makes me official right??
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
Beautiful work room addition for the holidays @DanielMcKim
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3 months
Freshman Parker Seifert clears 6-2.25 to take third in our first indoor meet of the year! Maybe I’m more than a throws coach 🤔
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Andrew McGhghy
2 years
Gotta train these guys to carry all the groceries in one trip 😤🦍
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
High schoolers will watch a few TikTok’s and buy a tub of bucked up and feel like they’re CSCS certified
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Andrew McGhghy
4 months
Cold, wet, muddy, but the first official outdoor practice of 2024 is in the books ✅🚀🚀🚀🚀
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
Just your annual PSA to all track coaches that just because a kid is slightly overweight doesn’t mean they have to be a thrower.
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Andrew McGhghy
9 months
Last years 5A state runner ups? Doesn’t matter rockets over everybody! 🚀🚀🚀
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Andrew McGhghy
3 years
My rest time between sets is entirely how long I spend skipping through songs on my phone till I find one I like. Could be 30 seconds could be 10 minutes. Life’s full of mysteries.
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
Whatever gets me in the gate I guess 😂
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Andrew McGhghy
3 years
Bound for my first TFC! @TFConsortium
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Andrew McGhghy
2 years
Love when kids come home over break and want to workout, love it even more when they bring me back some fresh drip from their school 😎
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2 years
Finally upgrading our plyo boxes
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Andrew McGhghy
11 months
The jobs about more than bars and plates. Great stuff by @JohnBeerbower
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Andrew McGhghy
4 years
My latest interview with the one and only @pntrack ! So much fun talking shop with him and going over the early days of his coaching career an so much more. Listen here!
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Andrew McGhghy
11 months
My 🎙️ and I will be n the road soon to head to @NHSSCA Natcon! I’ll have a booth this weekend so stop by, grab a sticker and sign up to be a potential future guest! See you soon!
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
8th grader Dylan Durocher went 49’6 ( #1 in the state) and 149’3 ( #3 in the state) to win conference today! Even bigger throws still to come!
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@CoachMcGhghy
Andrew McGhghy
2 years
Semifinals here we come!!!
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Andrew McGhghy
2 months
Things are starting to click!! This 💣 was well past state qualifying today🚀🚀
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
Well we were cookin in the throwers 4x1 and then this happened…
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Andrew McGhghy
13 days
Elsie is 🔒in for state! Throwing her furthest and most consistent at the end of the season-a 💣 is gonna drop this weekend!
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Andrew McGhghy
3 months
Freshman Dylan Durocher sets another PR with a throw of 44-2(13.46 meters) Closing in on 45 feet and beyond. Lots to clean up. Day by day, inch by inch we’re just gonna keep building! 🚀🚀🚀
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
Who wants a sticker??
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
🚀Boys soccer crushed it today! Timed sprints and heavy lifts✅ @kutsch09
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Andrew McGhghy
3 years
I’m not saying I’m the most important part of the homecoming parade, but I’m not not saying I am 😎
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
Great success🏆🚀
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@CoachMcGhghy
Andrew McGhghy
2 years
Group size is such an easy way to manipulate rest between sets. Want them to rest longer between sets? Throw another person on the rack. Or vice versa for shorter rest.
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Andrew McGhghy
1 year
First discus practice of the year ✅ Lots of work to do but pumped and ready for outdoor season to begin! 🚀🚀🚀
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