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- | ====== Al McGuire ====== | ||
- | Al McGuire (born September 7, 1928 in New York City - died January 26, 2001 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) coached the Marquette University [[men' | ||
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- | McGuire was born poor, the son of an Irish immigrant saloonkeeper. He played three years of basketball at St. John's Prep., Queens, New York (graduated 1947), and went on to star at St. John's University (1947-1951), | ||
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- | After college, McGuire played in the NBA, first with the New York Knicks (1951-52) and then with the Baltimore Bullets (1954). While with the Knicks, he once famously pleaded with his coach for playing time, with this guarantee: "I can stop (Bob) Cousy." | ||
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- | McGuire began his illustrious coaching career as an assistant to Alvin " | ||
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- | In April, 1964, McGuire was selected from over 30 applicants for the job of coaching basketball at Marquette, replacing [[Eddie Hickey]]. | ||
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- | Success did come in remarkable fashion, including the NIT Championship in 1970 and a Final Four appearance in 1974. McGuire led the Warriors to the university' | ||
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- | After retiring from coaching, he became a popular commentator for NBC Sports and CBS Sports. \\ | ||
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- | McGuire died after a long bout with leukemia on January 26, 2001, aged 72, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. \\ | ||
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- | ===== Coaching Accomplishments ===== | ||
- | * Belmont Abbey record: 109-64 | ||
- | * Coached Belmont Abbey to five postseason appearances | ||
- | * Marquette record: 295-80 (78.7%) | ||
- | * Coached team to 11 consecutive postseason bids at Marquette | ||
- | * NIT championship (1970) | ||
- | * Coached team to a 28-1 season (1971) | ||
- | * Al's 39-game winning streak is the ninth-longest in NCAA History | ||
- | * Al's 56-game regular season winning streak is the third-longest in NCAA History | ||
- | * Al's winning percentage (.908) over a three-year period (1970-72) ranks 27th in NCAA History | ||
- | * Al's 81-game home winning streak ranks fifth in NCAA History | ||
- | * Associated Press, United Press International and United States Basketball Writers Association Coach of the Year (1971) | ||
- | * NABC Coach of the Year (1974) | ||
- | * NCAA championship (1977) | ||
- | * Among a select few coaches who have won both the NIT and NCAA championships | ||
- | * Marquette captured its first ever NCAA championship with a 67-59 victory over North Carolina in McGuire' | ||
- | * More than 92 percent of his student-athletes completed requirements to earn their degrees from Marquette | ||
- | * Twenty-six of his players were drafted into the NBA | ||
- | * Marquette University Athletic Director (1974-77) | ||
- | * Conducted clinics at two Air Force bases in Europe (1971) | ||
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- | === In 13 Seasons Al McGuire Recruited- === | ||
- | *10 All-Americans | ||
- | *13 Future NBA Players | ||
- | *Eight 1,000+ Point Scorers | ||
- | *11 500+ Rebounders | ||
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- | ===== Broadcasting Career ===== | ||
- | * College basketball analyst, NBC Sports and CBS Sports | ||
- | * Basketball analyst, 1988 Olympic Games | ||
- | * Play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports' | ||
- | * Following his broadcast of a 1996 NCAA Regional Championship, | ||
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- | ===== Quotable Al ===== | ||
- | * //"I tell all my ballplayers that before they go out in the world, they should spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cab driver- then they will know what life is all about."// | ||
- | * //"A lot of people think I'm just a jock, but I love my son Robbie, who is not an athlete, as much as I do my son Allie, who is an exceptional one."// | ||
- | * When counseling his " | ||
- | * //"I don't know, maybe some day I'll wake up and find I've been dreaming. | ||
- | * //"One day, you're in the dumps. | ||
- | * //" | ||
- | * //"A team should be an extension of a coach' | ||
- | * On his retirement from coaching- //" | ||
- | * //"My players and I have an understanding. | ||
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- | * //" | ||
- | * //"A ballplayer has got to learn that he can't be on Park Avenue all his life. He's got to be ready for the 10th Avenue knocks, too."// | ||
- | * //"I sometimes say things I shouldn' | ||
- | * To potential recruits- //" | ||
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- | ===== McGuirisms ===== | ||
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- | ^ Term ^ Meaning ^ | ||
- | | **Aircraft carrier** | ||
- | | **Ballerina in the sky** | Player who jumps well | | ||
- | | **Back-room lawyers** | ||
- | | **Belly** | ||
- | | **Butcher** | ||
- | | **Carnival gates are closed** | ||
- | | **Certified** | ||
- | | **Checkerboard** | ||
- | | **Cloud piercer** | ||
- | | **Confessional Box** | Small gym | | ||
- | | **Congratulate the temporary** | ||
- | | **Cracked sidewalks** | ||
- | | **Cupcake** | ||
- | | **Curtain-time** | ||
- | | **Curtains** | ||
- | | **Dance hall player** | ||
- | | **Deep in pine city** | ||
- | | **Diving-points** | ||
- | | **Dress rehearsal** | ||
- | | **Drydocks** | ||
- | | **Dunkirk** | ||
- | | **Dynamite** | ||
- | | **French pastry** | ||
- | | **Go barefoot in the wet grass** | ||
- | | **Hit the rain** | ||
- | | **Memos and pipes** | ||
- | | **Merry-go-round** | ||
- | | **Mombo** | ||
- | | **Nab** | ||
- | | **Nose-bleeder** | ||
- | | **Out of the gate** | ||
- | | **Park Avenue** | ||
- | | **Push** | ||
- | | **Salt and pepper coach** | ||
- | | **Sand fights** | ||
- | | **Seashells and balloons** | ||
- | | **Tailenders** | ||
- | | **Tap city** | ||
- | | **Tenth Avenue** | ||
- | | **Thoroughbred** | ||
- | | **Three O' | ||
- | | **Two loaves of bread under their arms** | ||
- | | **Uptick** | ||
- | | **Uptown** | ||
- | | **Whistle-blower** | ||
- | | **White knuckler** | ||
- | | **Yellow ribbons and medals** | ||
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