Frank McGuire Basketball News & Bio
| Name: | Frank McGuire | | Hometown: | New York, NY | | High School: | Xavier | | Born: | November 8, 1914 | | Died: | October 11, 1994 | | Notes: | Men's Basketball Coach |
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The long climb from 1-2 in ACC playThe late Frank McGuire once told me “In a coach’s life, you’ve got to be good and you’ve got to be lucky.” The head coach...
Tue Jan 16, 2018
Frank McGuire's Mind GamesFrank McGuire was all about winning the mind game with Kansas prior to the 1957 NCAA championship game, which was played in Kansas City. McGuire’s...
Tue Jul 4, 2017
How UNC stacks up to past college basketball champions
8. North Carolina Tar Heels, 1957 (32-0): Famed for winning what's reputed to be the greatest NCAA title game of them all, North Carolina became...
Tue Apr 4, 2017
South Carolina-Marquette matchup rekindles memories of super '70s series with Al and Frank McGuire
Having left the ACC and needing games to fill his schedule, Gamecocks head coach Frank McGuire called on a protege: Marquette’s Al McGuire, who though...
Thu Mar 16, 2017
Bobby Cremins tells the stories that bind New York, ACC, Georgia Tech
Frank McGuire grew up in New York, played and then coached at St. John’s before taking the job at UNC in 1952, the year before...
Mon Mar 13, 2017