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Eastern New Mexico University

 

Coach Mike MaguireExperience: Entering 21st season as a collegiate head coach

Record: ENMU, 386–242 (.614), 20 years, Chadron State College (Neb.) (.500), one year

Conference Titles: LSC Regular Season, 1991, 1993; LSC Tournament, 1993

Coach of the Year: Lone Star Conference, 1991, 1993, 1995, LSC South Division Coach of the Year, 1999
Best Record: 33–6, 1993

Mike Maguire recently completed his 20th season as the head coach of the ENMU volleyball team. In 2001, he assumed additional responsibilities as athletic director for the Greyhounds and the Zias.

Maguire has a record of 386-242 (.614) at ENMU.. His career record of 401-257 (.609) ranks him among top active coaches in NCAA Division II.

In 2004 , Eastern made its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in school history and finished the season with a 25-9 overall record. The Zias posted a solid 7-3 record in Lone Star Conference South Division play and advanced to the semifinals of the LSC Tournament, as well as the semifinals of the NCAA Southwest Regional Tournament.

Maguire was named the LSC South Coach of the Year in 1999 after the Zias went 26-10 and earned a second place finish in the LSC South. He was named LSC Coach of the Year in 1991, 1993 and 1995. The Zias won the LSC regular season title in 1991, and won regular season and tournament titles in 1993.

Maguire graduated from South High School in Pueblo, Colo., in 1976. He was All-State in basketball and earned an athletic scholarship to ENMU. He played two years for the Greyhounds, then transferred to Mesa State College, where he continued to play. In 1981, he received a B.A. degree in Psychology from Mesa State.

He returned to ENMU in 1981 as assistant volleyball coach. The Zias reached the 1981 NAIA District VII Tournament. Maguire was the head volleyball coach and head basketball coach at Elida HS (N.M.) in 1982 and 1983. He returned to ENMU in 1984 as assistant coach, and helped the Zias win the NAIA District VII title with a 29-11 record. During his two seasons as an assistant, the Zias were 48-28-1 (.631).

He earned a master’s degree in Physical Education from ENMU in 1984, and was hired as head volleyball coach at Chadron State in Nebraska in 1985. Maguire siezed the chance to return to Eastern in 1987, when he accepted the position of head volleyball coach and head tennis coach. He has the longest tenure and the most victories of any coach in the 29-year history of the ENMU volleyball team.

Maguire was a featured lecturer at the New Mexico Coaches Clinic in 1998. Maguire and his wife, Trish, are the parents of Alexis Marie, age 3. Trish is an instructor in the ENMU College of Business. She has received the Spirit of Eastern Award. The Maguires live in Portales.

 

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