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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19-11 | 9-1 | 1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
21-9 | 10-2 | T-1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
25-5 | 12-0 | 1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
26-2 | 12-0 | 1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
29-5 | 11-0 | 1st | NCAA (4-1) | |||
26-5 | 9-2 | 2nd | NCAA (2-1) | |||
15-9 | 8-6 | T-3rd | DNP | |||
21-9 | 10-4 | 3rd | NIT (4-0) | |||
17-11 | 11-7 | T-3rd | NCIT (1-1) | |||
16-11 | 11-7 | 3rd | DNP | |||
19-9 | 13-5 | 3rd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
16-11 | 11-7 | T-4th | 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