| Wins against Kentucky - 0 | Losses against Kentucky - 1 |
Alma Mater: Syracuse [1936]
Date Born: May 5, 1912
Date Died: November 6, 1990
Overall Record: 136-129 [12 Seasons]
| Date | Matchup | UK Result | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30/1950 | Kentucky vs. Syracuse | W | 69 - 59 | Sugar Bowl (at New Orleans, LA) |
Obituary - Binghamton (NY) Press and Sun-Bulletin (November 9, 1990)
Former SU coach, Tier Resident Dies
Guley 12-year Basketball Coach
by John W. Fox (Sports Editor)
Marcel 'Marc' Guley, a former Binghamton resident who was head basketball coach at Syracuse University for 12 seasons that included the Orangemen's first game in the NCAA tournament, died Tuesday in DeWitt.
Guley was 78. He had suffered from cancer.
A memorial Mass will be held at 10 this morning at Holy Cross Church in DeWitt.
Guley became Syracuse head coach in 1950, after being assistant for the last five seasons of Lewis P. Andreas' 25 years as coach.
Guley captained the 1935-36 team. He also played the last two seasons in which Syracuse lost only two games apiece.
Brought to Binghamton soon after birth in what is now Czechoslovakia, Guley starred on Binghamton Central teams of the late 1920s.
After college graduation, he coached and taught four years in Walton - during which he played professional basketball (CQ) with the Binghamton Triplets and Newark Elks. He then coached two years at Delhi and spent three as a communications officer aboard a U.S. Navy transport in World War II.
At Syracuse, his assistant coach until the the last season and a half was Andy Mogish, who grew up a few houses from the Guley home on Glenwood Avenue in Binghamton's First Ward.
Syracuse teams were 136-129 under Guley, a record marred by 27 consecutive losses before victories over Boston College and Connecticut in his final games.
Eight of Guley's 10 teams had winning records, including a 19-9 debut in 1950-51 and the 18-7 season in 1956-57 when SU lost the NCAA East Regional final by nine points to unbeaten eventual champion North Carolina.
Manley Field House opened for the season after his departure, but his teams played among the State Fair Coliseum, a downtown armory and War Memorial, and the campus' Archbold Gymnasium.
Guley held a doctorate in education and, after leaving coaching, taught physical education in Cazenovia until his 1980 retirement.
"Marc was a wonderful guy," retired Syracuse lacrosse, football and boxing coach Roy Simmons Sr. said this week. "He was a great player."
Simmons said Guley got the best out of his teams. ...as a coach, he didn't have (access to) a lot of talent. They really cut back on aid."
Guley's survivors include his wife, Emma (Verculli) of DeWitt; a son, Marc A. Guley of Tequesta, Fla.; two grandchildren; and a sister, Helen Pechmann, of Binghamton.
Burial will be at White Chapel Memory Gardens Cemetery. Contributions in his memory can be made to the Hospice of Central New York, 1118-B Court St., Syracuse.
