Last updated July 19, 2013
Tim McGuire, who spent five years as Southeast’s defensive coordinator, was promoted to assistant head coach and offensive coordinator before the start of the 2011 season.
McGuire directed a Southeast offense which led the Ohio Valley Conference and ranked among the top-10 teams in the nation in rushing for the third-straight season a year ago. The Redhawks averaged 262.4 yards per game as the nation’s No. 8 rushing team.
A native of Omaha, Neb., McGuire inherited an offense which finished the 2010 season ranked first in the OVC and third in the country with 265.1 yards per game.
Prior to assuming his new role, McGuire guided Southeast’s defense to a banner year in 2010.
Southeast led the nation in sacks allowed (.50 per game), while topping the OVC scoring defense (21.5 ppg allowed), interceptions (20) and turnover margin (+13). The Redhawks were second in the conference in total defense (317.1 ypg allowed), pass defense (164.8 ypg allowed) and pass defense efficiency (105.0 rating). Not to mention, Southeast ranked fifth in the nation in turnover margin and 12th in turnovers gained (29).
Four Redhawks earned All-OVC honors on McGuire’s defense in 2010, including first-team free safety Tylor Brock. Brock was also a Second-Team All-American after leading the OVC in interceptions that year. A year later, McGuire coached his first Southeast All-Conference selection on the offensive side of the ball in three-year starting quarterback Matt Scheible. Scheible was a second-team pick en route to becoming the first OVC quarterback to rush for 2,000 yards and throw for 4,000 in a career. He also broke Southeast’s all-time caree record in total offense along the way.
McGuire was defensive coordinator at St. Norbert College in 2005 following a 12-year stint at Indiana State. He was the Sycamores defensive coordinator from 1993-97 and head coach from 1998-2004. ISU’s defensive units registered three shutouts and held opponents under 10 points on 10 occasions during McGuire’s tenure. His 1994 squad ranked first in the Missouri Valley Football Conference (formerly Gateway Football Conference) and 17th nationally in total defense. McGuire mentored seven All-Americans as head coach at ISU.
McGuire was also a head coach at Morningside College in Iowa (1981-82) and worked as an assistant at Navy, Northern Illinois, Kansas State and Nebraska-Omaha.
McGuire played offensive guard at Nebraska from 1971-74. He received a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Nebraska and master’s degree in Physical Education from Nebraska-Omaha. McGuire is a member of the American Football Coaches Association.
He and his wife, Judy, are the parents of four children, Lisa, Tim, Jr., Molly and Paul, and
one grandson, Ayden.
