Kevin McGuff

Kevin McGuff

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Ohio State
Conference	Big Ten
Record	189–89 (.680)
Biographical details
Born	(1969-12-03) December 3, 1969 Hamilton, Ohio
Playing career
1988–1992	Saint Joseph's (Indiana)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1996	Miami (Ohio) (asst.)
1996–2002	Notre Dame (asst.)
2002–2011	Xavier
2011–2013	Washington
2013–present	Ohio State
Head coaching record
Overall	444–188 (.703)

Kevin Patrick McGuff (born December 3, 1969) is an American college basketball coach who the current head women's basketball coach at Ohio State University after spending two seasons as head coach of the University of Washington. Prior to his time in Seattle, McGuff was the head coach at Xavier University until April 2011.

Coaching career

McGuff began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Miami University where the Lady Hawks went 54–30 during his tenure in Oxford, Ohio.

He served as an assistant coach at Notre Dame. During his six years as an Irish assistant coach under Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame went 160–39, including a national title in 2001.

Xavier University

McGuff spent nine seasons at Xavier, compiling an overall record of 213–73, giving him the most wins of any Xavier women's coach. The Musketeers made the postseason in each of McGuff's seasons as head coach, with the last five being in the NCAA tournament. During this stretch, Xavier's best run was in 2010, when the Musketeers lost in the Elite Eight to Stanford.

Ohio State University

McGuff was hired by Ohio State on April 16, 2013 to replace Jim Foster. He was formally introduced at a press conference on April 17, 2013. Ohio State will owe Washington $1.75 million as part of McGuff's buyout clause from his contract with UW.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Xavier Musketeers (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2002–2011)
2002–03	Xavier	20–10	11–5	3rd (2nd West)	NCAA 1st Round
2003–04	Xavier	17–13	8–8	T-6th (4th West)	WNIT First Round
2004–05	Xavier	22–10	13–3	T-2nd (1st West)	WNIT Quarterfinals
2005–06	Xavier	21–9	11–5	4th	WNIT Round of 16
2006–07	Xavier	26–8	11–3	3rd	NCAA 1st Round
2007–08	Xavier	24–9	11–3	3rd	NCAA 1st Round
2008–09	Xavier	25–7	13–1	1st	NCAA 1st Round
2009–10	Xavier	30–4	14–0	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
2010–11	Xavier	29–3	14–0	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
Xavier:		214–73 (.746)	106–28 (.791)
Washington Huskies (Pac-12) (2011–2013)
2011–12	Washington	20–14	8–10	T-7th	WNIT Quarterfinals
2012–13	Washington	21–12	11–7	5th	WNIT Second Round
Washington:		41–26 (.612)	19–17(.528)
Ohio State Buckeyes (Big Ten) (2013–present)
2013–14	Ohio State	17–18	5–11	T-8th
2014–15	Ohio State	24–11	13–5	3rd	NCAA 2nd Round
2015–16	Ohio State	26–8	15–3	2nd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2016–17	Ohio State	28–7	15–1	T–1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2017–18	Ohio State	25–6	13–3	1st	NCAA Second Round
2018–19	Ohio State	14–15	10–8	5th	WNIT First Round
2019–20	Ohio State	21–12	11–7	T-5th	No postseason held
2020–21	Ohio State	13–7	9–7	7th	Self-imposed ban
2021–22	Ohio State	21–5	13–4
Ohio State:		189–89 (.680)	103–49 (.678)
Total:		443–188 (.702)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Personal

Kevin attended Saint Joseph's College in Indiana. McGuff and his wife, Letitia, have six children.

External links

• Kevin McGuff at Ohio State