George Clifford Buchheit (March 22, 1898 – May 24, 1972) was an American

college basketball In United States colleges, top-tier basketball is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athleti ...

coach. He was the head of the

Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball The Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team is an American college basketball team that represents the University of Kentucky. Kentucky is the most successful NCAA Division I basketball program in history in terms of all-time winning percentag ...

team of the

University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state ...

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 The Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represents Duke University in NCAA Division I college basketball and competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The team is fourth all-time in wins of any NCAA men's basketball program, and is cu ...

team of Duke University. From 1932 to 1945, he was the head coach for the

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg, BU or Bloom) is a campus of Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania and it is located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). The ...

football team and compiled a 15–27–4 record.George C. Buchheit Records by Year
, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved February 6, 2009. Buchheit attended

University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univer ...

Head coaching record

Football

Basketball

References

External links

basketball stats at BigBlueHistory.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buchheit, George 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)