Muggsy Bogues

Bogues was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and grew up in the Lafayette Court housing projects.{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdTkvnfrlvw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/PdTkvnfrlvw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Muggsy Bogues Profile|publisher=YouTube|date=July 16, 2012|access-date=June 18, 2015}}{{cbignore}} His mother was {{height|ft=4|in=11}} and his father was {{height|ft=5|in=5}}. He had three older siblings.

Bogues's childhood was troubled. At five years old, he was hit by stray buckshot in his neighborhood and had to be hospitalized.{{cite news |last1=Graff |first1=Michael |title=How Muggsy Bogues saved his brother's life, and found the meaning of his own |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26000179/muggsy-bogues-saved-brother-chuckie-drug-addiction-found-meaning-life |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=ESPN.com |publisher=ESPN |date=15 February 2019 |language=en}} As a child, he witnessed a man get beaten to death with a baseball bat, a sight that haunted him into adulthood. When Bogues was 12 years old, his father was sentenced to twenty years in prison for armed robbery. Around the same time, his brother Chuckie began using hard drugs.

In addition to basketball, Bogues was a standout wrestler and baseball player growing up.{{cite magazine |last1=Newman |first1=Bruce |title=Tall Ain't All |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1993/04/12/tall-aint-all-the-charlotte-hornets-muggsy-bogues-all-5-ft-3-in-of-him-is-proof-that-size-does-not-have-to-determine-who-reaches-great-nba-heights |access-date=8 February 2021 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=April 2, 1993 |language=en-us}}{{cite news |last1=Monagan |first1=Matt |title=When Muggsy Bogues played pro baseball |work=MLB.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/muggsy-bogues-played-baseball |access-date=8 February 2021 |date=February 1, 2021}} As a child playing basketball on playgrounds, he was nicknamed "Muggsy" after a diminutive character from The Bowery Boys.

Bogues initially attended and played basketball at Southern High School in Baltimore. Because Bogues aspired to be a dental technician, he transferred to Baltimore's Dunbar High School which offered healthcare classes.{{cite magazine |last1=Lidz |first1=Franz |title=Two kings of the same hill |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1982/02/08/two-kings-of-the-same-hill |access-date=1 June 2022 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=February 8, 1982 |language=en-us}} At Dunbar, he was coached by Bob Wade, later the head coach at the University of Maryland. He was a teammate of future NBA players David Wingate, Reggie Williams, and Reggie Lewis (the latter two of whom were in his graduating class). The Dunbar Poets finished the 1981–82 season at 29–0 during Bogues's junior year and finished 31–0 during his senior year in 1982–83, and were ranked first in the nation by USA Today.{{cite web|url=http://slamonline.com/online/high-school/2007/09/dunbar-high-brick-house/|title=Dunbar High: Brick House|website=Slamonline.com|date=2007-09-21|access-date=2008-12-09}}

Bogues received scholarship offers to play college basketball for several schools including Virginia, Penn State and Seton Hall.{{cite magazine |last1=Lidz |first1=Franz |title=Biggest Little Man |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1987/02/16/biggest-little-man-wake-forests-5-ft-3-in-muggsy-bogues-is-a-dyna-mite |access-date=8 February 2021 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=February 16, 1987 |language=en-us}}

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Bogues attended Wake Forest University and played college basketball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons for four years. He averaged 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, 3.8 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game. In 1986–87, he led the Atlantic Coast Conference in steals and assists and received the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award.{{cite web |title=Muggsy Bogues College Stats |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/muggsy-bogues-1.html |website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=8 February 2021 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=The Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award Winner |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/awards/pomeroy.html |website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=8 February 2021 |language=en}} As a senior, he received the Arnold Palmer Award as Wake Forest's most valuable athlete. When his collegiate career ended, he was the ACC career leader in steals and assists.

Wake Forest retired his number within a few years of his leaving the program.{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Dave |title=Muggsy: If You Think You've Beaten Me, You Haven't |url=https://greensboro.com/muggsy-if-you-think-youve-beat-me-you-havent/article_56ce3273-0796-529e-97de-e5b3842bbab6.html |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=Greensboro News and Record |date=May 13, 1993 |language=en}} In 2001, he was inducted into the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame.{{cite web |title=Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues (2001) - Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame |url=https://godeacs.com/honors/wake-forest-sports-hall-of-fame/tyrone-muggsy-bogues/86 |publisher=Wake Forest University Athletics |access-date=17 February 2021 |language=en}} {{As of|2021}}, he remains Wake Forest's all-time leader in both steals and assists.{{cite web |title=Wake Forest Leaders & Records - Career |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/wake-forest/leaders-and-records-career.html |website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=17 February 2021 |language=en}}

Bogues played for the USA national team in the 1986 FIBA World Championship and won the gold medal.[http://www.usabasketball.com/history/mwc_1986.html 1986 USA Basketball] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814002049/http://www.usabasketball.com/history/mwc_1986.html |date=August 14, 2007 }} Under head coach Lute Olson, Bogues played in all ten of the team's games and led them in assists and steals.{{cite news |title=TENTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP -- 1986 |url=https://www.usab.com/history/national-team-mens/tenth-world-championship-1986.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429164155/http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-mens/tenth-world-championship-1986.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 29, 2015 |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=www.usab.com |publisher=USA Basketball |date=June 10, 2010}}

Bogues was selected second overall in the 1987 United States Basketball League draft by the Rhode Island Gulls.{{cite news |last1=Camillone |first1=Jude |title=Gulls Lose Bogues to Sprained Ankle |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1987-07-14-8702280083-story.html |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=Sun-Sentinel |date=July 14, 1987}} Bogues was a fan favorite in the USBL and the Gulls led the league in attendance.{{cite news |last1=Quirk |first1=Kevin |title=Once a Curiosity, 5-3 Bogues Now Is a Possible 1st-Round NBA Pick |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1987-06-17-0130440031-story.html |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=Orlando Sentinel |agency=KNT News Service |date=June 17, 1987}} In his only season in the league, he averaged 22.2 points and 8.4 assists per game and led the league in minutes per game before an ankle injury ended his season.{{cite magazine |last1=Hersch |first1=Hank |title=A Short (But Sweet) Story |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1987/07/20/a-short-but-sweet-story-the-bullets-muggsy-bogues-all-5-ft3-in-of-him-is-set-to-take-on-the-giants-of-the-nba |access-date=9 February 2021 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=July 20, 1987 |language=en-us}}

Bogues was drafted twelfth overall in the 1987 NBA draft by the Washington Bullets, and was part of a talent-laden draft class that also included David Robinson, Reggie Miller, Scottie Pippen, and Kevin Johnson.{{cite web |title=1987 NBA Draft |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1987.html |website=Basketball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=9 February 2021 |language=en}} Bogues made his NBA debut on November 6, 1987, against the Atlanta Hawks at Omni Coliseum; he started and led the team in assists.{{cite web |title=Washington Bullets at Atlanta Hawks Box Score, November 6, 1987 |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198711060ATL.html |website=Basketball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=9 February 2021 |language=en}} At the time of his debut, he was {{convert|16.5|in|cm}} shorter than the average NBA player.{{cite news |last1=Leavy |first1=Jane |title=Muggsy Bogues in the Land of the Giants |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/11/05/muggsy-bogues-in-the-land-of-the-giants/1ecda212-20a0-4dcd-bcac-b05992264a84/ |access-date=9 February 2021 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=5 November 1987}} In his rookie year, Bogues was a teammate of Manute Bol who stood {{height|ft=7|in=7}} tall. They were the tallest and shortest players in NBA history at the time, with {{convert|28|in|cm}} difference between them. Bol and Bogues appeared on three magazine covers together.{{Cite news|url=https://www.si.com/nba/2009/08/26/25hoops-style-through-the-years#gid=ci0255ca23e00e2515&pid=dr-js-afro|title=Hoops Style Through the Years|publisher=Sports Illustrated|date=25 August 2009|access-date=29 November 2022}} Bogues's playing time dropped dramatically when coach Kevin Loughery was fired and replaced with Wes Unseld.{{cite news |last1=Aldridge |first1=David |title=Charlotte Club Drafts Bogues from Bullets |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1988/06/24/charlotte-club-drafts-bogues-from-bullets/2ba9c37a-eb12-4917-a460-5b322e4d6e5d/ |access-date=9 February 2021 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=24 June 1988}} On March 4, 1988, Bogues recorded seven steals (and scored 10 points) during a 95–88 win over the Indiana Pacers.{{cite web | title=NBA Roundup: Mavericks Run Win Streak to 11, Await Lakers | website=Los Angeles Times | date=1988-03-05 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-05-sp-245-story.html | access-date=2025-03-27}} Despite starting only fourteen games as a rookie, Bogues led the Bullets in both steals and assists.{{cite web |title=1987-88 Washington Bullets Roster and Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/WSB/1988.html |website=Basketball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=9 February 2021 |language=en}}

The following season, the Bullets left Bogues and Jay Murphy unprotected in the 1988 NBA expansion draft and he was selected by the Charlotte Hornets.{{cite news |last1=Freeman |first1=Mike |last2=Wilbon |first2=Michael |title=Bogues Available for Draft |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1988/06/17/bogues-available-for-draft/8b7d9dc1-03c4-42a6-abde-dc1362c4ca6e/ |access-date=9 February 2021 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=17 June 1988}} Bogues told the Washington Post that he had "no quarrel" with the Bullets for leaving him unprotected and his agents reported that he was excited to start anew in Charlotte.

In Charlotte's first season, head coach Dick Harter confined Bogues to the bench, preferring to use him to provide short bursts of energy as a substitute. Harter was fired during the following season and Bogues began to flourish in the up-tempo offenses run by his successors, Gene Littles and Allan Bristow.{{cite news |last1=Berkow |first1=Ira |title=PRO BASKETBALL; How Muggsy Overcame Long Odds |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/26/sports/pro-basketball-how-muggsy-overcame-long-odds.html |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=26 February 1995}} Bogues went on to play parts of ten seasons with the Hornets, spending the vast majority of his time as a starter and becoming one of the faces of the Hornets alongside Alonzo Mourning and Larry Johnson.{{cite news |last1=Varner |first1=Russell |title=Should the Hornets retire Muggsy Bogues' #1? |url=https://www.atthehive.com/2015/1/26/7895427/charlotte-hornets-retire-muggsy-bogues-number-one-jersey |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=At The Hive |publisher=SB Nation |date=26 January 2015 |language=en}}

During his time in Charlotte, the Hornets rose from mediocrity to a serious contender; Bogues three times led the team to the playoffs. During this time, Bogues was wildly popular among basketball fans, as were the Hornets. In all six seasons between 1989 and 1995, he finished in the top ten in the league in assists, only once finishing worse than fourth.{{cite web |title=Muggsy Bogues Stats - Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/boguemu01.html#all_leaderboard |website=Basketball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=9 February 2021 |language=en}} In 1992–93, Bogues had the NBA's best assist-to-turnover ratio. One of his best seasons came in 1993–94 when he averaged a double-double, including a second-place finish in assists per game. In the 1994–95 season, he set a career high with 10.8 points per game.{{cite web |title=Muggsy Bogues Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/boguemu01.html |website=Basketball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=9 February 2021 |language=en}} However, in August 1995, after six consecutive seasons of an increasing scoring average, he underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. The recovery and repeated setbacks saw him placed on the injured list at least three separate times in the 1995–96 season.{{cite news |title=Bogues Out Of The Lineup Hornets Guard Struggles With Nagging Knee Injury |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/mar/09/bogues-out-of-the-lineup-hornets-guard-struggles/ |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=Spokesman-Review |agency=Associated Press |date=March 9, 1996}} He finished the season with only fourteen points in six games. Bogues returned to action in earnest the following season but missed 17 games and his production had dropped off slightly across the board.

Bogues's relationship with the team soured considerably in 1997. In June, coach Dave Cowens suggested that Bogues should consider retiring due to his nagging knee injury. Only a week later, the Hornets signed point guard David Wesley, his presumptive replacement. In August, owner George Shinn assured Bogues that he would be able to finish his playing career with the team. However, the team later requested that he undergo a preseason MRI on his injured knee.{{cite news |last1=Greenberg |first1=Alan |title=Bogues Still Calling His Own Shots |url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1997-11-23-9711230154-story.html |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=Hartford Courant |date=November 23, 1997}} On November 7, Bogues was traded, along with Tony Delk, to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for B. J. Armstrong. At the time, he was the NBA's all-time leader in assist-to-turnover ratio{{cite news |title=PRO BASKETBALL; Bogues Is Traded |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/08/sports/pro-basketball-bogues-is-traded.html |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=8 November 1997}} and the franchise leader in steals and assists. After the trade, he severed ties with the organization. The trade made Dell Curry, Bogues' closest friend on the team, the last remaining original member of the Hornets.

Bogues led the Warriors in assists in the 1997–98 season despite starting in fewer than half of the team's games.{{cite web |title=1997-98 Golden State Warriors Roster and Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/GSW/1998.html |website=Basketball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=9 February 2021 |language=en}} He appeared in 36 games in the lockout-shortened following season, missing time due to hamstring and knee injuries as well as chickenpox.{{cite news |last1=Steele |first1=David |title=WARRIORS REPORT / Bogues Sits Out 5th Straight -- No Word on His Return |url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/WARRIORS-REPORT-Bogues-Sits-Out-5th-Straight-3016489.php |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=SF Gate |date=15 January 1998}}{{cite news |last1=Steele |first1=David |title=WARRIORS NOTEBOOK / Bogues Hurt in First Game Back |url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/WARRIORS-NOTEBOOK-Bogues-Hurt-in-First-Game-Back-2942968.php |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=SF Gate |date=10 March 1999}}

Prior to the 1999–2000 season, Bogues signed with the Toronto Raptors for the veterans' minimum,{{cite magazine |last1=Wertheim |first1=L. Jon |title=8 Toronto Raptors Antonio Davis got his wish: a new home with the league's fastest-rising squad |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1999/11/01/8-toronto-raptors-antonio-davis-got-his-wish-a-new-home-with-the-leagues-fastest-rising-squad |access-date=9 February 2021 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=November 1, 1999 |language=en-us}} reuniting him with longtime teammate Dell Curry.{{cite web |title=1999-00 Toronto Raptors Roster and Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/TOR/2000.html |website=Basketball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=17 February 2021 |language=en}} With the Raptors in 1999–2000, he played 80 games in a season for the first time since 1992–93, though he started in only five of those games. At 35 years old on March 3, 2000, he tied a career high with 24 points in a victory over the Boston Celtics.{{cite web |title=Boston Celtics at Toronto Raptors Box Score, March 3, 2000 |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200003030TOR.html |website=Basketball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=11 February 2021 |language=en}}

Due to his chronic knee injury, Bogues appeared in only three games in the 2000–01 season, which would be his final. His last game came on January 27, 2001, against the Chicago Bulls, a scoreless outing.{{cite web |title=Muggsy Bogues 2000-01 Game Log |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/boguemu01/gamelog/2001 |website=Basketball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=9 February 2021 |language=en}} On February 22, 2001, he was traded with Mark Jackson to the New York Knicks for Chris Childs and a 2002 first round draft pick. He was included in the trade for salary cap reasons{{cite news |title=ESPN.com - NBA - Knicks send Childs packing for Jackson |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/news/2001/0222/1102716.html |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=ESPN.com |publisher=ESPN |date=February 23, 2001}} and never reported to New York during his stint with them. At the end of the last season in which he played, Bogues ranked twelfth all-time in assists and thirteenth all-time in assists per game in NBA history.{{cite web |title=Basketball {{!}} Player Season Finder |url=https://stathead.com/basketball/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=combined&order_by=ws&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&per_poss_base=100&is_playoffs=N&year_max=2001&ccomp%5B1%5D=gt&cval%5B1%5D=6726&cstat%5B1%5D=ast&positions%5B%5D=G&positions%5B%5D=GF&positions%5B%5D=F&positions%5B%5D=FG&positions%5B%5D=FC&positions%5B%5D=C&positions%5B%5D=CF&lg_id=NBA&birth_country_is=Y&age_min=0&age_max=99&height_min=0&height_max=99&season_start=1&season_end=-1&college_id=0&as_comp=gt&as_val=0 |website=Stathead.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=15 February 2021 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Basketball {{!}} Player Season Finder |url=https://stathead.com/basketball/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=combined&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&per_poss_base=100&is_playoffs=N&year_max=2001&ccomp%5B1%5D=gt&cval%5B1%5D=400&cstat%5B1%5D=g&ccomp%5B2%5D=gt&cval%5B2%5D=7.57&cstat%5B2%5D=ast_per_g&positions%5B%5D=G&positions%5B%5D=GF&positions%5B%5D=F&positions%5B%5D=FG&positions%5B%5D=FC&positions%5B%5D=C&positions%5B%5D=CF&lg_id=NBA&birth_country_is=Y&age_min=0&age_max=99&height_min=0&height_max=99&season_start=1&season_end=-1&college_id=0&as_comp=gt&as_val=0 |website=Stathead.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=15 February 2021 |language=en}}

On August 10, 2001, Bogues was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in a three-team deal involving Shandon Anderson, Howard Eisley and Glen Rice. He told the team that he intended to step away from basketball to care for his mother who was fighting cancer.{{cite magazine |last1=Fischer |first1=Jake |title=Muggsy Bogues joins clothing brand for short men |url=https://www.si.com/nba/2018/11/15/muggsy-bogues-mark-cuban-mavericks-hornets-shark-tank-ash-erie-short-men |access-date=24 August 2021 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=November 15, 2018 |language=en-us}} New Mavericks owner Mark Cuban decided to waive Bogues and fully guarantee the remaining three years on his contract;[https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Muggsy-Bogues/Summary/1047 Muggsy Bogues] RealGM had he retired before being waived, he would not have been owed any money.[https://www.slamonline.com/archives/muggsy-bogues-thanks-mark-cuban/ Muggsy Bogues: Thanks, Mark Cuban][https://sports.yahoo.com/muggsy-bogues-reveals-substantial-gift-received-mark-cuban-173549177.html Muggsy Bogues reveals the substantial gift he received from Mark Cuban]

In July 2002, after his mother's death, Bogues told The Baltimore Sun that he was hoping to play again.{{cite news |last1=McMullen |first1=Paul |title=In a class of their own, Poets recall glory days |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2002-07-19-0207190019-story.html |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=Baltimore Sun |date=July 19, 2002}}

{{NBA player statistics legend}}

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|-

| align="left" | 1983–84

| align="left" | Wake Forest

| 32 || 0 || 9.8 || .304 || – || .692 || .7 || 1.7 || 1.0 || – || 1.2

|-

| align="left" | 1984–85

| align="left" | Wake Forest

| 29 || 28 || 35.3 || .500 || – || .682 || 2.4 || 7.1 || 2.9 || – || 6.6

|-

| align="left" | 1985–86

| align="left" | Wake Forest

| 29 || 29 || 38.0 || .455 || – || .730 || 3.1 || 8.4 || 3.1 || .1 || 11.3

|-

| align="left" | 1986–87

| align="left" | Wake Forest

| 29 || 29 || 39.0 || .500 || .443 || .806 || 3.8 || 9.5 || 2.4 || .0 || 14.8

|-

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

| 119 || 86 || 30.0 || .473 || .443 || .749 || 2.4 || 6.6 || 2.3 || .0 || 8.3

|-

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|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1987}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Washington

| 79|| 14|| 20.6 || .390 || .188 || .784 || 1.7 || 5.1 || 1.6 || .0 || 5.0

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1988}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte

| 79|| 21|| 22.2 || .426 || .077 || .750 || 2.1 || 7.8 || 1.4 || .1 || 5.4

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1989}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte

| 81|| 65|| 33.9 || .491 || .192 || .791 || 2.6 || 10.7 || 2.0 || .0 || 9.4

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1990}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte

| 81|| 46|| 28.4 || .460 || .000 || .796 || 2.7 || 8.3 || 1.7 || .0 || 7.0

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1991}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte

| 82 || 69|| 34.0 || .472|| .074 || .783 || 2.9 || 9.1 || 2.1 || .1 || 8.9

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1992}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte

| 82 || 80 || 35.0 || .453 || .231 || .833 || 3.7 || 8.8 || 2.0 || .1 || 10.0

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1993}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte

| 77|| 77|| 35.7|| .471 || .167 || .806 || 4.1 || 10.7 || 1.7 || .0 || 10.8

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1994}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte

| 78|| 78|| 33.7 || .477 || .200 || .889 || 3.3 || 8.7 || 1.3 || .0 || 11.1

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1995}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte

| 6|| 0|| 12.8 || .375 || .000 || 1.000 || 1.2 || 3.2 || .3 || .0 || 2.3

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1996}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte

| 65|| 65|| 28.9 || .400 || .417 || .844 || 2.2 || 7.2 || 1.3 || .0 || 8.0

|-

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2|{{nbay|1997}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte

| 2|| 0|| 8.0 || .437 || {{sort|-|—}} || 1.000 || .5 || 2.0 || 1.0 || .0 || 3.0

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|Golden State

| 59 || 31|| 26.3 || .494 || .250 || .894 || 2.2 || 5.5 || 1.1 || .1 || 5.8

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1998}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Golden State

| 36|| 5|| 19.8 || .439 || .000 || .861 || 2.0 || 3.7 || 1.2 || .0 || 5.1

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1999|trunc=y}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Toronto

| 80|| 5|| 21.6 || .448 || .333 || .908 || 1.7 || 3.7 || .8 || .1 || 5.1

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|2000}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Toronto

| 3|| 0|| 11.3 || .000 || .000 || {{sort|-|—}} || 1.0 || 1.7 || .7 || .0 || 0.0

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career

| 889|| 556|| 28.6 || .458 || .278 || .827|| 2.6|| 7.6 || 1.6 || .0 || 7.7

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| style="text-align:left;"|1988

| style="text-align:left;"|Washington

| 1|| 0|| 2.0 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || .0 || 2.0 || .0 || .0 || 0.0

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| style="text-align:left;"|1993

| style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte

| 9 || 9|| 38.4 || .476|| .000|| .714|| 4.0 || 7.8 || 2.7 || .0 || 9.8

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| style="text-align:left;"|1995

| style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte

| 4 || 4 || 36.3 || .311|| .333|| 1.000|| 1.5 || 6.3 || 1.0 || .0 || 8.5

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| style="text-align:left;"|1997

| style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte

| 2 || 2 || 29.0 || .579|| .857|| 1.000|| 1.5 || 2.5 || .5 || .0 || 16.0

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| style="text-align:left;"|2000

| style="text-align:left;"|Toronto

| 3 || 2 || 29.0 || .286 || .333 || .333 || 2.0 || 1.7 || 1.3 || .0 || 5.3

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| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career

| 19 || 17|| 33.6 || .419 || .476 || .769 || 2.7 || 5.6 || 1.7 || .0 || 8.9

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His autobiography, In the Land of Giants, was released in 1994 and recounts the struggles of growing up in inner-city Baltimore and achieving success in the NBA.{{cite news |last1=Warren |first1=Tim |title=Muggsy Bogues has his own story to tell |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-11-07-1994311022-story.html |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=Baltimore Sun |date=August 4, 1993}}

After 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, despite a lack of coaching experience. He was shorter than all of his players—at {{height|ft=5|in=6}}, Helen Darling was the shortest Sting player. Bogues led the Sting to a 14–30 record before the team folded in January 2007.{{cite web |title=Original WNBA franchise Charlotte Sting folds |url=https://www.chron.com/sports/college-basketball-women/article/Original-WNBA-franchise-Charlotte-Sting-folds-1528027.php |website=Chron |access-date=7 March 2021 |date=3 January 2007}}

In 2011, he became the head coach of United Faith Christian Academy boys' high school basketball team in Charlotte, North Carolina, after serving as an assistant to former head coach Shaun Wiseman.{{cite web|last=Jordan |first=Jason |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/high-school/boys-basketball/post/_/id/314/ogbueze-ready-for-professional-tutelage |title=Ogbueze ready for professional tutelage – ESPNHS Boys' Basketball |website=Espn.go.com |date=September 20, 2011 |access-date=2012-07-23}}{{cite news|last=Wertz|first=Langston Jr.|title=Bogues takes basketball reins at United Faith|url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/09/20/2623477/bogues-takes-basketball-reins.html|newspaper=Charlotte Observer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019070415/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/09/20/2623477/bogues-takes-basketball-reins.html|archive-date=October 19, 2011|url-status=dead}} The school produced six all-state players during his three seasons as head coach. Despite being offered a new contract, he stepped down in 2014 to pursue other opportunities.{{cite news |last1=Wertz Jr. |first1=Langston |title=Bogues stepping down as United Faith basketball coach |url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/charlotte-hornets/article9122696.html |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=Charlotte Observer |date=May 16, 2014}}

On March 18, 2014, Bogues was named the Charlotte Hornets' Ambassador, participating in the team's rebranding.[http://www.nba.com/bobcats/news/bogues-and-carroll-named-team-ambassadors Bogues and Carroll Named Team Ambassadors] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319093245/http://www.nba.com/bobcats/news/bogues-and-carroll-named-team-ambassadors |date=2014-03-19}}

In 2018, Bogues invested in Ash & Erie, a clothing company for short men, after watching an episode of Shark Tank and reaching out to Shark Tank panelist Mark Cuban who had also invested in the company.

In January 2020, Bogues was announced as an inductee to the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.{{cite news |title=2020 N.C. Sports Hall of Fame class includes Muggsy Bogues, Mac Morris and Mack Brown |url=https://journalnow.com/sports/college/wfu/2020-n-c-sports-hall-of-fame-class-includes-muggsy-bogues-mac-morris-and-mack/article_aee8b0b3-17a2-5f8f-ad69-54b4a07ef00f.html |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=Winston-Salem Journal |date=January 22, 2020 |language=en}}

Bogues founded the Muggsy Bogues Family Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization "organized to assist vocationally bound students with scholarships and develop community outreach programs for at-risk families that address the most basic necessities" and "encourage youth and families by providing resources that emphasize stability and empower youth and families to reach their full potential, becoming well rounded students and productive adult citizens."{{cite web |title=Board Members |url=https://boguesfoundation.org/board-members/ |website=Muggsy Bogues Family Foundation |access-date=17 February 2021}}{{cite web |title=Our Story |url=https://boguesfoundation.org/our-story/#mission |website=Muggsy Bogues Family Foundation |access-date=17 February 2021}}

Bogues met his wife, Kim, in 1984 at a Dunbar High School alumni game. They had a daughter, Brittney, in 1987, were married in 1989 and had a son, Ty, in 1991. Bogues also had a daughter named Tyisha from an earlier relationship when he was 17 years old. Bogues and his wife separated in 1995 and divorced in 1997 with Kim retaining physical custody of their children.

Bogues met Sharon Smith at Dell Curry's retirement party in 2003 and the couple dated for five years before Smith died of breast cancer in July 2008.{{cite news |last1=Bonnell |first1=Rick |title=Cancer patient 'such a fighter,' but loses battle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123492254/cancer-patient-such-a-fighter-but/ |access-date=25 April 2023 |work=The Charlotte Observer |date=13 July 2008 |page=C1}}

Bogues remarried his ex-wife, Kim, in 2015.{{cite news |last1=Sorensen |first1=Tom |title=A Valentine's Day story from ex-Hornet Muggsy Bogues |url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/latest-news/article10435847.html |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=Charlotte Observer |date=February 13, 2015}}

On June 21, 1991, Bogues and Hornets teammate Dell Curry appeared in a Minor League Baseball game for the Gastonia Rangers of the South Atlantic League. George Shinn, as owner of both teams, arranged the publicity stunt. Bogues and Curry were scheduled to play the entire nine-inning game but it was shortened by rain. Bogues played second base and was hitless in both of his at bats.{{cite web |title=Muggsy Bogues Minor Leagues Statistics & History |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=bogues001tyr |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=17 February 2021 |language=en}}

In August 1993, Bogues's father died in Baltimore of pneumonia. He had been released early from prison but had resumed using drugs, often with Bogues's brother, Chuckie.{{cite news |title=Muggsy Bogues' Father Dies |url=https://greensboro.com/article_7e05417d-304d-5962-895e-7c41878cf28e.html |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=Greensboro News and Record |date=August 4, 1993 |language=en}}

In 1995, Bogues moved his oldest brother, Chuckie, into his home to help him battle drug addiction while Bogues himself rehabbed from knee surgery. {{As of|February 2019}}, Chuckie was still living with Bogues and had not used hard drugs in 23 years.

When Bogues left Wake Forest in 1987, he was 19 credits short of a degree. In 1996, he returned to Wake Forest to take summer courses to complete his degree. He finished his classes by correspondence and received a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communications in May 1998.{{cite news |last1=Hass |first1=Bill |title=11 Years Later, a Diploma |url=https://greensboro.com/11-years-later-a-diploma/article_24ee6f33-11a5-5ef2-a945-1aabe04b02d2.html |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=Greensboro News and Record |date=May 18, 1998 |language=en}}

Bogues's sister, Sherron, worked for the Baltimore Department of Recreation and Parks for 32 years until her death from cancer at age 55 in 2015. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake named June 27 "Sherron Bogues Day" in her honor.{{cite news |last1=Lourim |first1=Jake |title=Muggsy Bogues returns to Baltimore to host event in memory of his sister |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/nba/bs-sp-muggsy-bogues-sister-0628-20160627-story.html |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=Baltimore Sun |date=June 27, 2016}}

Bogues's grandson, Samartine, is a youth basketball player who received media attention for his play while still in elementary school and received his first college basketball scholarship offer in 2020 while still a high school freshman.{{cite magazine |title=Muggsy Bogues's grandson has impressive handles |url=https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/09/25/muggsy-bogues-grandson-ball-handling-video |access-date=17 February 2021 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=September 25, 2015 |language=en-us}}{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Cam |title=Muggsy Bogues has a grandson, nicknamed 'Fatman', and he can really ball |url=https://usatodayhss.com/2015/muggsy-bogues-has-a-grandson-nicknamed-fatman-and-he-can-really-ball |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=USA TODAY |date=28 September 2015}}{{cite news |last1=Muldoon |first1=Michael |title=Under the Lights: Follow 'Remember When' photo series |url=https://www.eagletribune.com/sports/local_sports/under-the-lights-follow-remember-when-photo-series/article_668d0897-d887-579b-9882-700eb8ef9531.html |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=Eagle-Tribune |date=June 21, 2020 |language=en}}

Bogues appeared in the movie Space Jam, as one of five NBA players (along with Charles Barkley, Shawn Bradley, Larry Johnson, and Patrick Ewing) whose playing ability is stolen by the villainous Monstars.{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117705/|title=Space Jam|access-date=22 March 2019|website=IMDb.com|date=November 15, 1996}}

He had a cameo appearance in the movie Juwanna Mann.{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247444/fullcredits|title=Juwanna Mann (2002) - IMDb|access-date=22 March 2019|website=IMDb.com}}

Bogues made a cameo appearance in TV series Curb Your Enthusiasm as himself, sharing a restroom with Larry David and Richard Lewis and nearly having an altercation with David after catching them looking at his penis while urinating.{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0551422/|title=The Surrogate|access-date=22 March 2019|website=IMDb.com|date=February 22, 2004}}

In 1996, Bogues had a cameo at the end of Eddie in which Whoopi Goldberg's character flirts with him. He then walks out onto the court to support her character preventing Wild Bill from moving the Knicks.{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116168/fullcredits|title=Eddie (1996) - IMDb|access-date=22 March 2019|website=IMDb.com}}

He made a cameo appearance on an episode of Saturday Night Live with Charles Barkley hosting and Nirvana the musical guest.{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0694625/fullcredits|title="Saturday Night Live" Charles Barkley/Nirvana (TV Episode 1993) - IMDb|access-date=22 March 2019|website=IMDb.com}}

He also appeared in an episode of Hang Time where he spoke against steroids.{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091932/|title=Tyrone Bogues|website=IMDb.com|access-date=22 March 2019}}

Bogues appeared in "Rebound", the first episode of season 7 of Royal Pains, in which he attended a welcoming party hosted by Ms. "New Parts" Newberg.{{Cite web|title="Royal Pains" Rebound (TV Episode 2015)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4419806/|access-date=2017-07-10|website=IMDb.com|date=June 2, 2015}}

Bogues was interviewed for Baltimore Boys, an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary that highlighted the Dunbar Poets high school basketball team.

Although Bogues has appeared in several television advertisements, he avoided advertisements which focused on his small stature, at least during his career. During his career, Bogues appeared in commercials for Sprite, AT&T, First Union National Bank, Bojangles and Hyundai among others.{{cite news |last1=Morgan |first1=Jon |title=Giving him the business |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-09-07-1994250121-story.html |access-date=24 August 2021 |work=Baltimore Sun |date=September 7, 1994}}{{cite news |title=Classic Muggsy Bogues Bojangles Commercial |url=https://www.nba.com/hornets/video/teams/hornets/2019/06/11/2643636/1560278890041-muggsy-2643636 |access-date=24 August 2021 |publisher=Charlotte Hornets |date=June 10, 2019 |language=en}}{{cite AV media |date=1995 |title=Hyundai Accent 1995 Tyrone Bogues commercial (korea) |language=Korean |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QuES_OPQrc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/0QuES_OPQrc |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=August 24, 2001 }}{{cbignore}} In 1995, both he and his mother appeared in commercials for Reebok in a campaign featuring NBA players and their mothers.{{cite news |last1=Knight |first1=Athelia |title=THE MOTHER OF ALL SNEAKER ADS |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1995/06/04/the-mother-of-all-sneaker-ads/0f0911ce-8c5e-445a-b6fb-8bff51f7f6b3/ |access-date=24 August 2021 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=4 June 1995}} In 2002, he appeared in IBM commercials.{{cite news |last1=Elliott |first1=Stuart |title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING; To freshen an I.B.M. campaign, Ogilvy uses ex-stars of the N.B.A. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/11/business/media-business-advertising-freshen-ibm-campaign-ogilvy-uses-ex-stars-nba.html |access-date=24 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=11 January 2002}} In 2014, he appeared as a Christmas elf in a commercial for NBA 2K15.{{cite AV media |date=2014 |title=NBA 2K15 Merry Fritzmas 60 US TV Commercial Featuring Muggsy Bogues |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v73yzyHOGyE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/v73yzyHOGyE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=August 24, 2001 }}{{cbignore}} In 2016, he appeared in an ad for Axe.{{cite news |last1=Kulp |first1=Patrick |title=The NBA's shortest star shows off the perks to being small in Axe commercial |url=https://mashable.com/article/muggsy-bogues-axe-commercial |access-date=24 August 2021 |publisher=Mashable |date=24 March 2016 |language=en}} In 2019, Bogues appeared in a series of commercials for the web hosting company GoDaddy.{{cite web |last1=Armstrong |first1=Laura |title=Raptors fans can rest easy — Muggsy Bogues will be the focus of GoDaddy campaign |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/2019/10/07/raptors-fans-can-rest-easy-muggsy-bogues-will-be-the-focus-of-godaddy-campaign.html |website=The Star |date=October 7, 2019 |access-date=April 29, 2020}} In 2022, he appeared in a commercial for Caesars Entertainment.{{cite web |title=Caesars Sportsbook TV Spot, 'Question' Ft. Patton Oswalt, Muggsy Bogues, Clyde Drexler |website=ispot.tv |url=https://www.ispot.tv/ad/qikU/caesars-sportsbook-question-ft-patton-oswalt-muggsy-bogues-clyde-drexler}}

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• [http://www.wnba.com/sting/bogues_named_coach_050803.html WNBA Press Release of Bogues becoming head coach of the Charlotte Sting]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110712220432/http://www.hoopsaddict.com/catching-up-with-muggsy-bogues/ Audio: Catching Up With Muggsy Bogues]
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