Clifford McGuire of Wichita Falls honored as HPU Outstanding Young Graduate

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Clifford McGuire was honored as an Outstanding Young Graduate of Howard Payne University during HPU’s annual Alumni Awards Banquet. He is pictured riding in the HPU Homecoming Parade.

BROWNWOOD , TX (10/10/2013)(readMedia)-- Clifford McGuire of Wichita Falls, boys' basketball coach and world geography teacher at Rider High School, was honored last week by his alma mater, Howard Payne University, during the university's annual Homecoming celebrations. He was recognized as an Outstanding Young Graduate during the Alumni Awards Banquet on Friday night and was featured in the Homecoming Parade on Saturday morning.

McGuire, originally of Haskell, graduated from HPU in 2006 with a degree in exercise and sport science. He went on to coach and teach in several Texas school districts. While serving as varsity assistant basketball coach in Olney, the boys' teams made three playoff appearances and McGuire was named the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches 2009 Assistant Coach of the Year. McGuire became the head boys' basketball coach at Winters in 2009. His team made the playoffs in 2011, Winters' first playoff appearance since 1992. He served as head boys' basketball coach in Merkel from 2011 to 2013, where he was in charge of the entire boys' basketball program, including the junior high teams.

McGuire and his wife, Erica, live in Wichita Falls.

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Founded in 1889, Howard Payne University is a Christ-centered academic community dedicated to excellence by developing and equipping the whole person for intellectual inquiry, personal and professional integrity, and service to God and humanity.

Located in Brownwood, Texas, HPU offers a full array of undergraduate programs and a limited number of graduate programs in a traditional residential academic community. The university also offers selected undergraduate and graduate course work by electronic means and at extended learning centers in El Paso, Texas, and New Braunfels, Texas. HPU maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio, which contributes to the university's reputation of being "a place where everybody is somebody."