McGinnis attended Sooner High School in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
He began his college baseball career with two seasons at Connors State College in Oklahoma. Bob Colon wrote in The Oklahoman in 1982 that Connors was "expected" to be selected in the January phase of the Major League Baseball draft but he was not.
McGinnis next played for the Oklahoma Sooners. In two seasons, he slashed .356/.439/.595 with 25 home runs and 109 runs batted in. He was twice named to the All-Big Eight Conference Team as a catcher.

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