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

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

Dean Smith Began Historic Coaching Career 59 Years Ago Today
On August 3, 1961, North Carolina lost a Hall of Fame coach and gained another. Following a major recruiting scandal and rumors of point shaving,...
Mon Aug 3, 2020

‘Great-Granddaddy’ of UNC Athletics dies at age 99
The oldest former UNC athlete — who in the 1950s helped bring New York players to play for former Tar Heel coach Frank McGuire —...
Sun Oct 20, 2019

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