on 13 june 2011 he, and his younger brother ross, signed a one-year contract with alloa athletic. on 3 june 2015 mccord signed a 1-year contract with raith rovers. after just one season with the rovers, mccord moved to scottish league two side arbroath. mccord helped arbroath win promotion to scottish league one in 2017. in may 2018 the club stated that mccord would leave, but later in the close season he reversed this decision.