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.
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Biographical details | |
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Born | (1898-03-22)March 22, 1898 Beardstown, Illinois |
Died | May 24, 1972(1972-05-24) (aged 74) Springfield, Illinois |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1918 | Illinois |
Position(s) | End |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1932–1935 | Bloomsburg State |
1936 | Bloomsburg State (line) |
1940–1941 | Bloomsburg State |
1945 | Bloomsburg State |
Basketball | |
1919–1924 | Kentucky |
1924–1928 | Duke |
1932–1943 | Bloomsburg State |
1944–1946 | Bloomsburg State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 15–26–4 (football) 163–132 (basketball) |
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.
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Kentucky Wildcats (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919–1921) | |||||||||
1919–20 | Kentucky | 5–7 | — | — | — | ||||
1920–21 | Kentucky | 13–1 | — | — | — | ||||
Kentucky Wildcats (Southern Conference) (1921–1924) | |||||||||
1921–22 | Kentucky | 10–5 | 3–1 | 3rd | — | ||||
1922–23 | Kentucky | 3–10 | 0–5 | 18th | — | ||||
1923–24 | Kentucky | 13–3 | 6–2 | 5th | — | ||||
Kentucky: | 44–27 | 9–8 | |||||||
Duke Blue Devils (No Conference) (1924–1928) | |||||||||
1924–25 | Duke | 4–9 | — | — | — | ||||
1925–26 | Duke | 8–12 | — | — | — | ||||
1926–27 | Duke | 4–10 | — | — | — | ||||
1927–28 | Duke | 9–5 | — | — | — | ||||
Duke: | 25–36 | ||||||||
Total: | 69–63 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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