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TYRONE BOGUES
Charlotte Sting Head Coach
At 5' 3", Muggsy is the shortest player in NBA History. His will to overcome, heart and work ethic are legendary.
Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues played at Dunbar High School in Baltimore, where he was a teammate of future NBA players David Wingate, Reggie Williams, and Reggie Lewis. He went on to play four years at Wake Forest, averaging 11.3 points, 8.4 assists and 3.1 steals per game in his junior year. He followed with a senior campaign in which he averaged 14.8 points, 9.5 assists, and 2.4 steals per game. He also averaged 3.8 rebounds per contest, remarkable because generally much taller players dominate that statistic.
Drafted twelfth in the talent-laden 1987 NBA Draft by the Washington Bullets, and was part of a draft class that also included David Robinson, Reggie Miller, Scottie Pippen and Kevin Johnson. In his rookie year, Bogues was a teammate of 7'7" Manute Bol, at the time the tallest player to have ever played in the NBA. As one might expect, Bol and Bogues appeared on at least one magazine cover together.
The Charlotte Hornets were set to enter the NBA for the 1988-89 season, and on June 22, 1988 Bogues was selected by the Hornets in the expansion draft. As Bogues settled in Charlotte, he established himself as an exceptional passer and a great ball-stealer. His size also helped him to be one of the fastest players on the court.
Bogues spent ten years in Charlotte as the Hornets, led by Alonzo Mourning and Larry Johnson, became one of the most popular teams in the NBA and a perennial playoff contender. Charlotte Hornets jerseys were worn by children all over United States and even in Australia, and Bogues' jersey was right up there in popularity with Mourning's and Johnson's. Bogues was a popular player on a popular team, despite the fact that he never averaged more than 11.2 points per game in a season.
Two games into the 1997-98 NBA season, Bogues' Hornets career ended when he was traded, along with Tony Delk, to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for B.J. Armstrong. Bogues played two seasons with the Warriors, and then signed as a free agent with the Toronto Raptors, where he would essentially conclude his career. Although he was later traded to the New York Knicks and Dallas Mavericks, he did not play a single game for either franchise.
Since leaving the NBA, Bogues worked in the real estate business until August 3, 2005, when he was named head coach of the Charlotte Sting in the Women's National Basketball Association.
Fun Facts
* In 1996, Bogues managed to block a shot attempt by 7'0" (2.13 m) NBA center Patrick Ewing.
* In 1996, Bogues appeared in the movie Space Jam as one of several NBA players whose playing ability is stolen by the evil Monstars.
* At 5'3", Bogues is the same height as the shortest WNBA basketball player, Debbie Black.
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