High school coaching McGuire began his coaching career at his alma mater
Crowley High School in Texas as the defensive line coach. He went on to coach at
Cedar Hill High School as their secondary coach in 1997 under former Crowley coach Robert Woods before being promoted to the school's head coach in 2003. At Cedar Hill, McGuire took on a program that had not recorded a winning season in years and had never won a playoff game. As head coach from 2003 through 2016, McGuire went 141-42 and led the Longhorns to four state championship games, winning in 2006, 2013 and 2014 and finishing runner-up in 2012. His teams won seven district titles, nine bi-district championships, and appeared in the playoffs in 12 straight years.
Baylor McGuire was hired as the tight ends coach at
Baylor in
2017 under first-year head coach
Matt Rhule. He was promoted to associate head coach in
2019 and reassigned to coach the defensive ends. He served as the program's interim head coach when Rhule left to accept the
Carolina Panthers coaching position in 2020. After
Dave Aranda was named Baylor's head coach on January 16,
2020, McGuire was retained as associate head coach and shifted to outside linebackers coach.
Texas Tech McGuire was reported to have been scheduled to interview for the open head coaching position at
Texas Tech in 2021. McGuire was officially named the 17th head coach in Texas Tech program history on November 8, 2021.
2022 season In his first season as head coach of the Red Raiders, McGuire defeated both the
Texas Longhorns and
Oklahoma Sooners in the same season, a program first. The Red Raiders finished 4th in the Big 12, with McGuire overseeing Texas Tech’s first winning season in conference play since 2009. The Red Raiders finished 8-5 in his first season as head coach.
2023 season In his second year at Texas Tech, McGuire led his team to a (7-6) record after beating California in the
2023 Independence Bowl. The highlight win of the season for the Red Raiders was a victory at #16 Kansas on November 11, 16-13.
2024 season In his third season at TTU, McGuire's team finished (8-5) after losing to former
Southwest Conference rival Arkansas in the
2024 Liberty Bowl, 39-26. Texas Tech's big win of the season came on November 2 at #11 Iowa State, a 23-22 victory over the Cyclones. After the regular season was completed, McGuire fired defensive coordinator
Tim DeRuyter after the Red Raiders had the worst passing defense in the Big XII. McGuire hired
Shiel Wood as his new DC.
2025 season McGuire and his staff signed the #1-ranked transfer portal class in the country, according to On3.com. Texas Tech was predicted to finish 2nd in the Big 12 prior to the start of the 2025 season, according to 247Sports.com. Texas Tech finished the 2025 regular season 11-1 and finished 1st in the Big 12 standings. TTU defeated BYU in the Big XII championship game, winning their first-ever Big XII title and improving to 12-1, the most wins in a single season in program history. It was the Red Raiders first conference crown since 1994. Tech was ranked #4 in the final College Football Playoff (CFP) poll, receiving a first-round bye. The team lost to #5 Oregon in the Orange Bowl on January 1, 2026 in the CFP quarter-finals with a final score of 23-0. == Personal life ==