Career
He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. McGrory was most successful in track cycling, winning the gold medal in the Madison at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, a silver in the Madison at the 1996 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester. Scott started cycling in Albury/Wodonga, and later moved to the Gold Coast in Queensland.
His first State representation was for Queensland.
He also represented South Australia and Victoria, where he now lives. In 1996 he signed with the German Die Continentale team, and spent three seasons there.
In 1999–2000 he rode for Team Gerolsteiner and cemented himself as one of the top Six Day riders in the world, and also continued competing as a Road Professional. After winning the Gold Medal at the Sydney Olympics, Scott joined the number one ranked team in the world Mapei–Quick-Step for 2001–2002.
After the Mapei team finished at the end of 2002 Scott concentrated on the Six Days until injury and illness eventually saw him retire early in 2005.
Scott spent 2007 as the Manager of the Drapac Porsche Cycling Team, and since 2008 he has been on the coaching staff at the Victorian Institute of Sport. Scott now works in the media as a cycling reporter at events such as the Tour de France, and can be often heard on Australian television as a commentator.