George Buchheit
 The Illio, 1920 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 22, 1898 Beardstown, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | May 24, 1972 (aged 74) Springfield, Illinois, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1918 | Illinois |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1932–1935 | Bloomsburg |
| 1936 | Bloomsburg (line) |
| 1940–1941 | Bloomsburg |
| 1945 | Bloomsburg |
| Basketball | |
| 1919–1924 | Kentucky |
| 1924–1928 | Duke |
| 1932–1943 | Bloomsburg |
| 1944–1946 | Bloomsburg |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 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
[edit]Football
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomsburg Maroon and Gold / Huskies (Independent) (1932–1933) | |||||||||
| 1932 | Bloomsburg | 1–3–2 | |||||||
| 1933 | Bloomsburg | 2–5 | |||||||
| Bloomsburg Huskies (Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference) (1934–1935) | |||||||||
| 1934 | Bloomsburg | 4–3–1 | 4–3–1 | 6th | |||||
| 1935 | Bloomsburg | 4–3–1 | 4–3–1 | 6th | |||||
| Bloomsburg Huskies (Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference) (1940–1941) | |||||||||
| 1940 | Bloomsburg | 1–6 | 1–6 | 12th | |||||
| 1941 | Bloomsburg | 1–4 | 1–4 | 11th | |||||
| Bloomsburg Huskies (Independent) (1945) | |||||||||
| 1945 | Bloomsburg | 2–2 | |||||||
| Bloomsburg: | 15–26–4 | 10–16–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 15–26–4 | ||||||||
Basketball
[edit]| 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 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
[edit]- ^ Duke University's Chanticleer, 1926
- ^ George C. Buchheit Records by Year Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved February 6, 2009.
External links
[edit]- 1898 births
- 1972 deaths
- American football ends
- Bloomsburg Huskies football coaches
- Bloomsburg Huskies men's basketball coaches
- Duke Blue Devils men's basketball coaches
- Illinois Fighting Illini football players
- Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball coaches
- Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball players
- Guards (basketball)