George Buchheit | |
Birth Date: | 22 March 1898 |
Birth Place: | Beardstown, Illinois, U.S. |
Death Place: | Springfield, Illinois, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1918 |
Player Team2: | Illinois |
Player Positions: | End |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1932–1935 |
Coach Team2: | Bloomsburg |
Coach Years3: | 1936 |
Coach Team3: | Bloomsburg (line) |
Coach Years4: | 1940–1941 |
Coach Team4: | Bloomsburg |
Coach Years5: | 1945 |
Coach Team5: | Bloomsburg |
Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
Coach Years7: | 1919–1924 |
Coach Team7: | Kentucky |
Coach Years8: | 1924–1928 |
Coach Team8: | Duke |
Coach Years9: | 1932–1943 |
Coach Team9: | Bloomsburg |
Coach Years10: | 1944–1946 |
Coach Team10: | Bloomsburg |
Overall Record: | 15–26–4 (football) 163–132 (basketball) |
George Clifford Buchheit[1] (March 22, 1898 – May 24, 1972) was an American college basketball coach. He was the head of the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team of the University of Kentucky from 1920 to 1924, where he compiled a 44–27 record. From 1924 to 1928, Buchheit was the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team of Duke University.
From 1932 to 1945, he was the head coach for the Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania football team and compiled a 15–27–4 record.[2]
Buchheit attended University of Illinois.