Muggsy Bogues is a well-known former Baltimore basketball player. Muggsy Bogues is the NBA’s all-time shortest player.
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Wiki, Bio, Age, Family, Siblings, Childhood & Education
Tyrone Curtis Muggsy Bogues was born on January 9, 1965, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. He is currently 57 years old. His father, Richard Bogues, and his mother, Elaine Bogues, gave birth to him. He also has brothers and sisters named Sherron, Anthony, and Chuckie. Their mother reared them while his father was in prison. Later, in August 1993, his father died of pneumonia. His brother Chuckie also struggled with drugs. He also attended Dunbar High School. He was trained by Bob Wade in high school. He afterwards went to Wake Forest University in North Carolina.
Muggsy Bogues’s Height, Weight, and Body Dimensions
Muggsy Bogues stands 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs approximately 62 kg. He is short in comparison to others, with black hair and dark brown eyes.
Muggsy Bogues’s Profession & Career
In his junior year of college, he averaged 11.3 points, 8.4 assists, and 3.1 steals per game. Later in his career, he became the ACC career leader in steals and assists. He played for the United States national team in the 1986 FIBA World Championship. His team eventually won the tournament’s gold medal. He was a member of the Rhode Island Gulls of the United States Basketball League for a time (USBL).
The Washington Bullets selected him 12th overall in the 1987 NBA draft. Moving on, he was also a member of a talented group. Likewise, he and Manute Bol appeared on three magazine covers together. Like Patrick Ewing, he blocked 39 shots in his professional career on April 14, 1993. He later joined the Charlotte Hornets after playing for the Washington Bullets. On June 22, 1998, he was taken in the expansion draft by the Charlotte Hornets.
Charlotte Hornets faced the Miami Heat in the 1988-89 season. He was a member of the Charlotte Hornets, headed by Alonzo Mourning and Larry Johnson, for 0 years. He led the Hornets with 19,678 minutes played, 5,557 assists, 1,067 steals, 1,118 turnovers, and 13.5 assists. The Charlotte Hornets traded Bogues and Tony Delk to the Golden State Warriors during the 1997-98 season.
As a result, he spent two seasons with the Golden State Warriors. The Toronto Raptors then signed him as a free agent. As a result, he finished his basketball career with the Raptors. However, he was handled poorly by the Toronto Raptors before being traded to the New York Knicks and subsequently to the Dallas Mavericks. He tried his hand at real estate after retiring from the NBA. He indulged until August 3, 2005. Charlotte Sting had a 14-30 record during his tutelage.
Unfortunately, the squad disbanded in January 2007. He then became the head coach of United Faith Christian Academy. He was finally named head coach in 2011. He was previously an assistant to former head coach Shaun Wiseman. He also became the Charlotte Hornets’ Ambassador on March 18, 2014. Later, he established a non-profit organization in Matthews, NC 28106.
Its goal was to provide education, food insecurity, and job training to at-risk adolescents and families. In 2013, he founded Always Believe, Inc. to assist at-risk youths in achieving their ambitions. He previously assisted around 1,000 Charlotte youngsters. Later, he expanded his organization. In 2019, he renamed his non-profit the Muggsy Bogues Family Foundation. Furthermore, he was hired as the Women’s National Basketball Association coach by Charlotte Sting (WNBA).
Muggsy Bogues’s Wife, Marriage & Relationship
Muggsy Bogues is a divorced guy who was previously married to Kim Bogues. Unfortunately, they split up and divorced in 1995. Kim later took custody of the children. Similarly, they got back together and remarried in 2015. Tyrine Bogues Jr., Britteny Bogues, and Tyisha Bogues are their three children.
Muggsy Bogues’s Social Media(Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
He has 237k followers on his Instagram account, @therealmuggsy. He has 573k followers on his Facebook page. In addition, he now has 38.2k followers on Twitter.