# Kevin McGuff

Kevin Patrick McGuff (born December 3, 1969) is an American college basketball coach who is 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.

### University of Washington

Kevin McGuff's tenure in Washington was short. 2 WNIT appearances is what he brought the Huskies.

### 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 owed 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: | 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 2nd Round |
| Washington: | 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 | 28–7** | 13–3** | 1st | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 2018–19 | Ohio State | 14–15*** | 10–8*** | 5th | WNIT 1st 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 | 25–7 | 14–4 | T–1st | NCAA Sweet Sixteen |
| 2022–23 | Ohio State | 28–8 | 12–6 | 4th | NCAA Elite Eight |
| 2023–24 | Ohio State | 26–6 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 2024–25 | Ohio State | 25–6 | 13–5 | T–3rd | NCAA |
| Ohio State: | Ohio State: | 223–108 (.674)**** | 116–62 (.652)**** | | |
| Total: | Total: | 478–207 (.698)**** | | | |
| 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 ||||||
* Record adjusted to 18–6 (8–1 in conference) after games vacated ** Record adjusted to 0–6 (0–3 in conference) after games vacated ***Record adjusted to 0–14 (0–8 in conference) after games vacated ****Not including vacated games; McGuff's unofficial record is 224–100 at Ohio State and 479–199 overall

## Personal

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