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McGinnis has been active in the development and management of community-based recreation and sport programs for people with disabilities for more than 30 years. During this time, he has instructed and coached hundreds of athletes with disabilities in a number of sports including rowing, alpine skiing, sled hockey, kayaking and cycling.

In his more than 15 years of involvement in the sport of rowing, McGinnis has been instrumental in the design and modification to equipment and techniques that are the basis for contemporary Para rowing. He was a member of USRowing’s coaching staff for the 1999, 2007, 2011 and 2013 World Rowing Championships and the 2008 Paralympic Games, where he coached six-time world champion Scott Brown. His programs have produced 10 Paralympians since 2004, including eight that have medaled in their various sports.

McGinnis is a founder of the Pennsylvania Center for Adapted Sports, a multi-sport program that works to improve the health and wellbeing of people with disabilities. He currently serves as its Executive Director and adaptive rowing coach. In addition, McGinnis is the Director of the Adaptive Ski Program at Camelback Mountain in Pennsylvania, and a FISA International Technical Classifier. In his spare time, he lectures and presents at universities and health care institutions on adaptive sports and building inclusive communities.