American basketball coach (1898–1972)
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
Statistics overview
Season
Team
Overall
Conference
Standing
Postseason
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
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
References
External links
# denotes interim head coach