# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/al-mcguire
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:36:12.330Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/al-mcguire"
name: "Al McGuire"
slug: "al-mcguire"
description: "Alfred James McGuire was an American college basketball coach and broadcaster, the head coach at Marquette University from 1964 to 1977. He won a national championship in his final season at Marquette, and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. He was also well known as a longtime national television basketball broadcaster and for his colorful personality."
tagline: "American basketball player, coach, and commentator (1928–2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al_McGuire%2C_Duke_Chronicle_1986-03-17_page_24.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1928-09-07"
deathDate: "2001-01-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.89
  momentum:             5.074272133095663
  historical:           5.557998666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_McGuire"
    title: "Al McGuire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "أل ماغواير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ال ماجواير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%8A%D1%80"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_McGuire"
    title: "Al McGuire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_McGuire"
    title: "Al McGuire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3607520"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump