McConathy was born in rural Sailes near Gibsland in Bienville Parish, one of three sons, one still living, of Oliver Leslie McConathy (1904-1982) and the former Marie Cole (1907-1979).\n', '

Over the years, he maintained a farm in Sailes.\n', '

After graduation from Northwestern State University and his brief professional basketball career, McConathy was employed by the Bienville Parish School Board at Gibsland and Ringgold and then the Bossier Parish School Board. His Bossier High School basketball team won a state championship in 1960. He was the Bossier superintendent from 1972 to 1983. In this capacity, he was a driving force behind the establishment of Bossier Parish Community College, at which his oldest son, Mike McConathy, was the basketball coach from 1983 to 1999. Mike McConathy then became basketball coach at Northwestern State University, a position which he still fills.\n', '

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