George Buchheit Explained

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.

Head coaching record

Basketball

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/duke-university/the-chanticleer-serial-volume-1926-eku/1-the-chanticleer-serial-volume-1926-eku.shtml Duke University's Chanticleer, 1926
  2. http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=5750 George C. Buchheit Records by Year