Frank McGuire

Francis Joseph McGuire


Born:
November 8, 1913
Greenwich Village, NY

Died:
October 16, 1994
Columbia, SC


Career
1931-32 St. Francis Xavier High School - New York (High School)
1932-33 St. Francis Xavier High School - New York (High School)
1933-34 St. John's University (College)
1934-35 St. John's University (College)
1935-36 St. John's University (College)
1936-37 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1936-37 St. Francis Xavier High School - New York (High School)
1937-38 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1937-38 St. Francis Xavier High School - New York (High School)
1938-39 St. Francis Xavier High School - New York (High School)
1939-40 St. Francis Xavier High School - New York (High School)
1940-41 St. Francis Xavier High School - New York (High School)
1941-42 St. Francis Xavier High School - New York (High School)
1942-43 St. Francis Xavier High School - New York (High School)
1943-44 St. Francis Xavier High School - New York (High School)
1944-45 St. Francis Xavier High School - New York (High School)
1945-46 St. Francis Xavier High School - New York (High School)
1946-47 St. Francis Xavier High School - New York (High School)
1947-48 St. John's University (College) Head coach
1948-49 St. John's University (College) Head coach
1949-50 St. John's University (College) Head coach
1950-51 St. John's University (College) Head coach
1951-52 St. John's University (College) Head coach
1952-53 University of North Carolina (College) Head coach
1953-54 University of North Carolina (College) Head coach
1954-55 University of North Carolina (College) Head coach
1955-56 University of North Carolina (College) Head coach
1956-57 University of North Carolina (College) Head coach
1957-58 University of North Carolina (College) Head coach
1958-59 University of North Carolina (College) Head coach
1959-60 University of North Carolina (College) Head coach
1960-61 University of North Carolina (College) Head coach
1961-62 Philadelphia Warriors (NBA) Head coach
1964-65 University of South Carolina (College) Head coach
1965-66 University of South Carolina (College) Head coach
1966-67 University of South Carolina (College) Head coach
1967-68 University of South Carolina (College) Head coach
1968-69 University of South Carolina (College) Head coach
1969-70 University of South Carolina (College) Head coach
1970-71 University of South Carolina (College) Head coach
1971-72 University of South Carolina (College) Head coach
1972-73 University of South Carolina (College) Head coach
1973-74 University of South Carolina (College) Head coach
1974-75 University of South Carolina (College) Head coach
1975-76 University of South Carolina (College) Head coach
1976-77 University of South Carolina (College) Head coach
1977-78 University of South Carolina (College) Head coach
1978-79 University of South Carolina (College) Head coach
1979-80 University of South Carolina (College) Head coach 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME, 1977

Frank was a star basketball player at St John's, and after graduating in 1936, he returned to his high school, St. Francis Xavier, as a teacher and basketball coach. He would also play for a couple season with the Brooklyn Visitations. After eleven seasons at the high school helm, he was hired to be the head basketball coach back at St. John's University as well as baseball coach. While there, he lead ST. John's to both the Final Four and the College World Series. In 1952, he was hired by North Carolina, leading them to a perfect 32-0 record and the NCAA title in 1957. In this spring of 1961, in the midst of a point shaving scandal at UNC, McGuire was forced to resign his position.

McGuire moved to the pros, being named the head coach of the Philadelphia Warriors in 1961. Wilt Chamberlain was a member of the Warriors, and that season would score an NBA record 100 points in a single game as well as average 50.4 point per game. At the end of the season, it was announced that the Warriors were going to move across the country to San Francisco. McGuire, not wanting to move, resigned. A couple years later, he took the head coaching job at South Carolina, staying there sixteen seasons until retiring in 1980. His career record as a college coach is 549-237. He was elected to the Naismith Hall of Fame in 1977.

In 1992, McGuire suffered a series of strokes, and over the next couple years his health slowly faded until dying in 1994 at the age of 80.

Frank had two daughters and a son.

Source:
Chicago Tribune, March 18, 1990
Obituary, N.Y. Times, October 12, 1994

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/frank-mcguire/