Playing Career
McGuinness was born in Glenties, County Donegal. As a scraggly-haired teenager in 1992, McGuinness observed from the bench Brian McEniff's team topple Derry in the final of the Ulster Senior Football Championship before going on to steal the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship from Dublin's grasp.
A member of the 1992 All-Ireland winning team, McGuinness was also a star of Third-Level Colleges football, winning Sigerson Cups with Tralee in 1998 and 1999 as captain, and again as captain in 2001 with the University of Ulster at Jordanstown (U.U.J.). He played club football with Naomh Conaill, winning a Donegal Senior Football Championship in 2005. With Ireland, he played in the 1998 International Rules Series.
He played with Donegal until 2003. Upon retiring he became a fitness coach and lectured as a sports psychologist in the North West Regional College, Limavady.
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