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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A group of New Yorkers led North Carolina to ‘57 NCAA title over Wilt Chamberlain, KansasUNC won that 1957 game in triple overtime by beating Wilt Chamberlain, using a roster of imported New Yorkers coaxed to Chapel Hill by Frank...
Sat Apr 16, 2022
ACC basketball documentary brings back fond memoriesThere were the legendary coaches, like Everett Case, who came from Indiana to NC State, and was instrumental in creating the tournament (1954)...and Frank McGuire,...
Sun Feb 20, 2022
UNC vs. Georgia Tech Postgame Notes
Hubert Davis joins Frank McGuire, Dean Smith, Bill Guthridge, and Matt Doherty in winning both their first ACC games as UNC head coach and their...
Mon Dec 6, 2021
Podcast: Authoring the Complete History of Carolina Basketball
“The Tar Heels” is the first and only book that tells the complete story of the Tar Heel basketball program beginning in 1911. How did...
Sun Oct 24, 2021
February 4, 1961: Carolina, Duke, and the best ever basketball brawl
In 1961 UNC and Duke engaged in what I’m declaring as The Best Ever Basketball Brawl. The game kept teasing fans with the possibility of...
Thu Feb 4, 2021