CC McGrath will enter her third season with Iowa State soccer in 2024. McGrath's first season at Iowa State was as an assistant coach but she was promoted to associate head coach before the 2023 season. 

In her first year with the Cyclones, she was responsible for a multitude of roles. McGrath's main task is as the recruiting coordinator for the Cyclones. When it comes to practices, McGrath is in charge of implementing the scouting report and she also is in charge of all player off-field development.

McGrath came to Iowa State from Albany, where she served as an assistant coach for two seasons and helped her student-athletes to 11 All-American East Conference honors. In spring 2021, McGrath helped coach America East Striker of the Year Jasmine Colbert.

McGrath was also head coach of the WPSL’s New York Shockers in the summer of 2021 for the club’s inaugural season. McGrath coached four All-Conference players as the Shockers were named the East Region Franchise of the Year.

Prior to Albany, McGrath spent two seasons at Marist College. With the Red Foxes, McGrath assisted in leading her team to back-to-back 9-8-2 records culminating in MAAC semifinal appearances.

McGrath began her coaching career at Wagner College in 2015 as an assistant. She spent three years at Wagner, overseeing one NEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, one NEC All-Rookie Goalkeeper, and one NEC All-Conference Second Team selection.

McGrath (formerly Cobb) was a midfielder at Tennessee from 2012-14, where she played for a Volunteer team that ranked in the top 20 in 2012 and the top 50 in 2013. She was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll each season as a Vol and won the Scholar-Athlete Award in 2014.

Before attending Tennessee, she spent two seasons at Florida State, where she won the ACC title in 2011 and helped the Seminoles to a Final Four. Academically, McGrath was named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll in both of her seasons in Tallahassee.

A native of Boca Raton, Fla., McGrath graduated magna cum laude from Tennessee in 2014 with a degree in Psychology, after spending two years at Florida State studying Business Management. She earned her MBA from Wagner in 2016.