Jim & Marsha

Jim McCoy and Marsha McCoy are a team of Military Dad and Daughter on the 5th season of The Amazing Race.

Jim

 * Age: 53
 * Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida

Marsha

 * Age: 26
 * Hometown: Gainesville, Florida

CBS Biography
Jim & Marsha are a father-daughter Team from Jacksonville, Florida. Jim, who is married to Marsha's mother, Linda, is a helicopter pilot who spent 23 years in the military, including a tour in Vietnam. As a military family, they were fortunate to have had their primary residence in Jacksonville for many years, but they have also spent two years living in Germany. Marsha is a law student at the University of Florida College of Law. She said that as a child she was an ugly duckling, but transformed herself when she became an NFL cheerleader for the Jacksonville Jaguars and also posed for the cheerleaders' calendar.

Jim & Marsha believe that this experience will give them the opportunity to work as partners rather than father and daughter. Marsha says she hopes this will force her dad to view her in a different light. Jim says they are excited about competing in THE AMAZING RACE 5 because "it would be a chance of a lifetime, especially for someone like me, who has never won a thing in his life!"

Season 5

 * Leg 1: 10th
 * Leg 2: 3rd
 * Leg 3: 9th (Eliminated)

Memorable Moments

 * Jim injured his knee at the start of the race.
 * Eliminated due to a ticketing error.

Franchise

 * First father/daughter team.
 * Lowest average placing father/daughter team, 7.33
 * Lowest finish by a father/daughter team, 9th place