Fred Schaus

Alma Mater: 
Class of: 
Hometown: 
Newark, OH
  • Guided West Virginia to second-place finish in 1959 NCAA Tournament
  • Directed Purdue to 1974 NIT title
  • Won southern Conference Tournament championships each of his six seasons with West Virginia from 1955 through 1960
  • Compiled a 315-202 record (.609) in seven seasons as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers from 1960-61 through 1966-67. Reached the NBA Finals four times--1962, 1963, 1965 and 1966
  • Major-college career scoring average under Lee Patton (16.5 ppg). Ranked 10th in the nation in scoring (18.4 ppg) and 12th in free-throw shooting (78.8%) as a senior
  • Played five seasons from 1949-50 through 1953-54 with the NBA's Fort Wayne Pistons and New York Knicks (12.2 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 2.9 apg, 82.3 FT%)
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (eight: AP/UPI)--1955 (19/NR), 1956 (20/NR), 1957 (7/11), 1958 (1/1), 1959 (10/11), 1960 (5/6), 1974 (11/NR) and 1977 (NR/20)
  • All-Americans (three): West Virginia's Rod Hundley (1955 through 1957), Lloyd Sharrar (1958) and Jerry West (1958 through 1960).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1954-55

West Virginia

19-11

9-1

1st

Southern

NCAA (0-1)

1955-56

West Virginia

21-9

10-2

T-1st

Southern

NCAA (0-1)

1956-57

West Virginia

25-5

12-0

1st

Southern

NCAA (0-1)

1957-58

West Virginia

26-2

12-0

1st

Southern

NCAA (0-1)

1958-59

West Virginia

29-5

11-0

1st

Southern

NCAA (4-1)

1959-60

West Virginia

26-5

9-2

2nd

Southern

NCAA (2-1)

1972-73

Purdue

15-9

8-6

T-3rd

Big Ten

DNP

1973-74

Purdue

21-9

10-4

3rd

Big Ten

NIT (4-0)

1974-75

Purdue

17-11

11-7

T-3rd

Big Ten

NCIT (1-1)

1975-76

Purdue

16-11

11-7

3rd

Big Ten

DNP

1976-77

Purdue*

19-9

13-5

3rd

Big Ten

NCAA (0-1)

1977-78

Purdue

16-11

11-7

T-4th

Big Ten

DNP

* Record does not reflect forfeit victory awarded from Minnesota.

  • 12-Year College Coaching Record: 250-97 (.720) overall
  • 146-37 (.798) in six years at West Virginia
  • 104-60 (.634) in six years at Purdue
  • 63-5 (.926) in southern Conference
  • 64-36 (.640) in Big Ten Conference
  • 18-0 in southern Conference Tournament
  • 6-7 (.462) in NCAA Tournament
  • 4-0 (1.000) in NIT
  • 1-1 (.500) in National Commissioners Invitational Tournament