Richard Joseph McGuire (January 26, 1926 – February 3, 2010) was an American professional basketball player and coach. One of the premier guards of the 1950s, McGuire spent 11 seasons in the NBA (1949–60), eight with the New York Knicks and three with the Detroit Pistons. McGuire led the league in assists during his rookie season with a then-record 386 assists, and was among the league's top ten playmakers for ten of his 11 seasons. He was an NBA All-Star seven times (1951,'52, '54-'56, '58, '59), and was named to the All-NBA Second Team in 1951. McGuire became player-coach for the Pistons in his last season (1959–60), and coached them until 1963. He also coached the Knicks for three seasons, beginning in 1965. He compiled a 197-260 coaching record. McGuire was working as a senior consultant for the Knicks when he died on February 3, 2010, of a ruptured aortic aneurysm at age 84. McGuire's brother Al was also a prominent figure in basketball who coached Marquette University to the 1977 NCAA basketball championship. They are the only pair of brothers inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. His nephew, Allie, also played in the NBA. The Knicks retired number 15 a second time for McGuire in 1992 (six years earlier, it had been retired for Earl Monroe). McGuire was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Long Island in the Basketball Category with the Class of 1994. NBA career statistics Regular season Playoffs References External links BasketballReference.com: Dick McGuire (as coach) BasketballReference.com: Dick McGuire (as player) 1926 births 2010 deaths All-American college men's basketball players American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players Basketball coaches from New York (state) Basketball players from New York City Dartmouth Big Green men's basketball players Deaths from aortic aneurysm Detroit Pistons head coaches Detroit Pistons players Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees National Basketball Association All-Stars National Basketball Association players with retired numbers National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductees New York Knicks draft picks New York Knicks head coaches New York Knicks players Player-coaches Point guards Sportspeople from the Bronx St. John's Red Storm men's basketball players