He had been an assistant to Lewis Andreas prior to his appointment as head coach.
The team went 18–7 on the year, and beat Connecticut and Lafayette before falling to eventual champion North Carolina 67–58 in the Regional Final.
Guley was a graduate of Syracuse University and played guard three seasons for the Orangemen, lettering twice, and was captain of the 1936 team.
While at Syracuse Guley became a member of the Sigma Chapter of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.
[1] After resigning from Syracuse, he coached Physical Education at Cazenovia Elementary Schools for 18 years, retiring in 1980.