Prior to Baylor, he was a head coach at the high school level in Texas, where he won a trio of state championships to go along with numerous bi-district and district titles.

[4] At Cedar Hill, McGuire took on a program that had not recorded a winning season in years and had never won a playoff game.

As head coach from 2003 through 2016, McGuire went 141-42 and led the Longhorns to four state championship games, winning in 2006, 2013 and 2014 and finishing runner-up in 2012.

[8][9] McGuire was reported to have been scheduled to interview for the open head coaching position at Texas Tech in 2021.

[12] The Red Raiders finished 4th in the Big 12, with McGuire overseeing Texas Tech’s first winning season in conference play since 2009.