Earlier than taking over his new place, McGrath spoke to BBC Essex to replicate on his time on the membership, which started in 2016 when he grew to become assistant head coach to former Yorkshire colleague Chris Silverwood.
Collectively they led Essex to promotion from Division Two in 2016 after which to the Championship title the next summer time, the county’s first red-ball top-flight triumph for 25 years.
However when Silverwood left to develop into England’s bowling coach, McGrath took on the highest job at Chelmsford.
Throughout his tenure, Essex established themselves as one in all Division One’s strongest groups, by no means ending decrease than fourth in an everyday Championship season.
The undoubted spotlight got here in 2019 after they received each the Championship and the T20 Blast, the primary county to realize that feat – and within the house of seven days.
“That season, however that week specifically, was unimaginable,” McGrath stated.
And to again that up, Essex have been victorious within the Bob Willis Trophy, the competitors launched throughout the Covid summer time, in 2020.