The 2020-21 school year will mark McGinnis’s 16th year as Athletic Director, making him the longest serving head of athletics in Triton history. In 2019, McGinnis completed a 30-year run coaching the wrestling program. After 29 seasons as head coach, McGinnis served as an assistant coach during the 2018-19 campaign to help with the transition of the program under current head coach Tim Duggan.

A native of Fort Wayne, IN, McGinnis was a four year letterman for Concordia Lutheran High School. His collegiate career took place at nearby Concordia University – Chicago, where he was inducted into their Athletic Hall of Fame in October, 2003.

After completing his undergraduate degree, McGinnis was the head coach at Luther North (1978-80) and Holy Cross (1980-87) high schools. During that time, he coached one state qualifier, hosted and coached culture exchange teams versus New Zealand, Germany and Japan, and was an assistant coach with the 1996 Illinois Junior National Greco team. Also during this time, McGinnis completed his master’s degree in exercise physiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

In 1989, McGinnis became the head coach at Triton College. During his tenure, he has produced 143 national qualifiers, 31 All-Americans, 139 Academic All-Americans and had four of his All-Americans participate on the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national team that competed in Austria. His 1997 team was crowned (NJCAA), Division III, National Champions, and he was named the (NJCAA) National Coach of the Year. The 2003 team was named the (NJCAA) Coaches Association All-Academic team with a combined 3.28 Grade Point Average (GPA).

McGinnis was named the Midwest Region’s Coach of the Year in 1998 and inducted into the (NJCAA) Wrestling Hall of Fame as a coach in 2002. In March of 2004 he received the Bob Bubb Award for Coaching Excellence from the National Wrestling Coaches Association. In 2006 McGinnis was inducted into the Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association Hall of Fame.

Active in the (NJCAA) Coaches Association, McGinnis has served as secretary/treasurer from 2001-2003 and 2005-2010, Midwest Region representative since 1994, Hall of Fame Committee member since 1995 and served as chairman of the committee from 2002-11. In 2008 Harry was voted by his peers as the (NJCAA) Wrestling Coaches Association’s Man-of-the-Year. In 2014 McGinnis was inducted into the Region IV Hall of Fame as a coach and athletic administrator.

Harry and his wife, Linda, live in Maywood with their two children, Hannah (24) and Jonah (22).