Career
He served as the head football coach at Gonzaga University in 1916 and at the University of New Mexico in 1919, compiling a career college football record of 6–2–2. McGough was also the head basketball coach at Gonzaga during the 1916-1917 season and at New Mexico in 1919, amassing a career college basketball record of 6–9. He was also the head baseball coach at New Mexico from 1919 to 1920, tallying a mark of 6–5.
He was later an attorney in Montana.
As basketball coach at Gonzaga, McGough compiled a record of 4–5. At New Mexico, his record was 2-4.
