John Shumate

John Shumate

Born: April 6, 1952
Age: 72
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Biography

John Henry Shumate (born April 6, 1952) is a retired American professional basketball player and coach.

Shumate grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey and played high school basketball at Thomas Jefferson High School.

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.

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. In the summer of 2009 he was named as an assistant coach of the Phoenix Suns.

Shumate was the center on the Notre Dame team that ended UCLA's NCAA-record 88-game winning streak on January 19, 1974.

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Coaching tree

These former assistants to Shumate later became head coaches:

  • Dave Hammer: Aquinas (MI) (2003-present)
  • Jerry Kassin: Western Oklahoma State JC (women's, 2012-present), various other junior college positions
  • Dick Lien: Siemens Gent (1998-1999); Denmark (2000); Saudi Arabia (2001-2002)
  • Ray Martin: LIU Brooklyn (1998-2001)
  • Clifton McNeely: Austin Westlake HS (1995-2005); The Woodlands College Park HS (2005-present)
  • Jimmy Tubbs: SMU (2004-2006)
  • Dennis Wolff: Boston University (men's, 1994-2009); Virginia Tech (women's, 2011-present)

Head coaching record

College

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Grand Canyon Antelopes (NAIA District VII)
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)
1988-89 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 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




WNBA

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W-L % Win-loss %
Post season 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 - - -

[ Source: Wikipedia ]


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