John Shumate
 Shumate with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in 1973 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 6, 1952 Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Thomas Jefferson (Elizabeth, New Jersey) |
| College | Notre Dame (1971–1974) |
| NBA draft | 1974: 1st round, 4th overall pick |
| Selected by the Phoenix Suns | |
| Playing career | 1975–1980 |
| Position | Power forward / center |
| Number | 34 |
| Coaching career | 1983–2010 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1975–1976 | Phoenix Suns |
| 1976–1977 | Buffalo Braves |
| 1977–1979 | Detroit Pistons |
| 1979–1980 | Houston Rockets |
| 1980 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 1981 | Seattle SuperSonics |
| As coach: | |
| 1983–1986 | Grand Canyon |
| 1988–1995 | SMU |
| 1995–1998 | Toronto Raptors (assistant) |
| 2003 | Phoenix Mercury |
| 2009–2010 | Phoenix Suns (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
As head coach:
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 3,920 (12.3 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 2,388 (7.5 rpg) |
| Assists | 574 (1.8 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
John Henry Shumate (born April 6, 1952) is an American former professional basketball player and coach.
Shumate grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and played high school basketball at Thomas Jefferson High School.[1]
A 6'9" forward/center from the University of Notre Dame, Shumate played five seasons (1975–1978; 1979–1981) in the NBA as a member of the Phoenix Suns, Buffalo Braves, Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs and Seattle SuperSonics. He earned NBA All-Rookie Team honors in his first season after averaging 11.3 points per game and 5.6 rebounds per game. Over the course of his career, Shumate averaged 12.3 points and 7.5 rebounds.[2] Shumate also appeared as a member of the Detroit team in the cult classic basketball film The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh in 1979 alongside Pistons teammates Bob Lanier, Eric Money, Chris Ford, Kevin Porter, and Leon Douglas.[3]
Shumate later coached for the Southern Methodist University Mustangs and the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. He also appeared in a series of basketball training videos.[4] In the summer of 2009 he was named as an assistant coach of the Phoenix Suns.[5]
Shumate was the center on the Notre Dame team that ended UCLA's NCAA-record 88-game winning streak on January 19, 1974.
Head coaching record
[edit]College
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Canyon Antelopes[6] (NAIA District VII) (1983–1986) | |||||||||
| 1983–84 | Grand Canyon | 21–9 | |||||||
| 1984–85 | Grand Canyon | 18–16 | |||||||
| 1985–86 | Grand Canyon | 18–9 | |||||||
| Grand Canyon: | 57–34 | ||||||||
| SMU Mustangs (Southwest Conference) (1988–1995) | |||||||||
| 1988–89 | SMU | 13–16 | 7–9 | 7th | |||||
| 1989–90 | SMU | 10–18 | 5–11 | T–7th | |||||
| 1990–91 | SMU | 12–17 | 6–10 | 6th | |||||
| 1991–92 | SMU | 10–18 | 4–10 | 7th | |||||
| 1992–93 | SMU | 20–8 | 12–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
| 1993–94 | SMU | 6–21 | 3–11 | T–7th | |||||
| 1994–95 | SMU | 7–20 | 3–11 | T–7th | |||||
| SMU: | 78–118 | 40–64 | |||||||
| Total: | 135–152 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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WNBA
[edit]| Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
| Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | 2003 | 34 | 8 | 26 | .235 | 7th in Western | – | – | – | – | |
| Career | 34 | 8 | 26 | .235 | – | – | – | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ Viggiano, Bob. "Wilson hoops great Sullinger, 58, dies", Courier-Post, December 10, 2010. Accessed October 24, 2015. "The team's toughest test came in the state semifinals, when it went up against Thomas Jefferson of Elizabeth with John Shumate, who later starred at Notre Dame."
- ^ "John Sumate Stats". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079154/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk1 [user-generated source]
- ^ http://www.howtosports.com/basketball.php Archived 2007-06-21 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Shumate named assistant coach of Phoenix Suns". Sports.gaeatimes.com. August 25, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- ^ http://www.gculopes.com/documents/2015/5/21//Year_by_Year2.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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