Muggsy Bogues
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"Tyrone Curtis "Muggsy" Bogues" is a retired American professional basketball player and current head coach of the United Faith Christian Academy boys' basketball team. The shortest player ever to play in the NBA, the Bogues played point guard for four teams during his 14-season career in the National Basketball Association. Best known for his time with the Charlotte Hornets, he also played for the Washington Bullets, the Golden State Warriors, and the Toronto Raptors, and later served as head coach of the now-defunct WNBA team Charlotte Sting.

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They're ecstatic, delighted that I'm back on the stage, so to speak.

Real estate just never gave me that competition, that camaraderie. This is giving me that, just to get back into the basketball arena on the other side with coaching.

Any time you shoot 28 percent, you're not going to beat anybody, and that's exactly what happened in the second half. We just couldn't put the ball in the basket.

I'm pleased that the ladies really got back into the ball game. We just weren't able to execute our game plan for 40 minutes.

We were hoping to get some momentum from that, but we didn't come out with the right intensity. For whatever reason, our attention wasn't there.

We're just trying to improve our team every time we step on the floor. They could have easily folded because of the situation this season. These ladies understand what my vision is, what my demeanor is and they've given me 110 percent.

That's what I'm using this [period] as. A transition.

Coaching has always been in the back of my mind. ... I always felt I was an extension of the coach on the basketball floor. I had some discussions with Ed a couple of weeks ago. He brought this to me and I had time to think about it.

The second half we didn't come back with the same intensity. When you turn the ball over, especially against a team like that, it is going to be very difficult to get back in the ball game.