Bucky Buckwalter
undrafted | |
| Career history | |
|---|---|
| As a coach: | |
| 1972–1973 | Seattle SuperSonics (assistant) |
| 1973 | Seattle SuperSonics (interim) |
| 1974–1975 | Utah Stars |
| 1979–1986 | Portland Trail Blazers (assistant) |
Morris B. "Bucky" Buckwalter (born November 22, 1933) is an American former professional basketball coach and executive. He played college basketball for the Utah Utes. Buckwalter served as an assistant coach and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as well as a head coach in the American Basketball Association.
Buckwalter grew up in
1956 NCAA basketball tournament before losing to the eventual champions, the Bill Russell-led San Francisco Dons.[1]
He served briefly as head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics in 1972 (on an interim basis), and later served as the head coach of the Utah Stars of the ABA, replacing Joe Mullaney.[1]
While with the Stars, Buckwalter was known for signing
NBA Executive of the Year Award, as the Blazers posted a league-best 63–19 record. He retired from the Blazers in 1997.[1]
Head coaching record
College
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Chieftains (Independent) (1967–1971) | |||||||||
| 1967–68 | Seattle | 14–13 | |||||||
| 1968–69 | Seattle | 20–8 | NCAA University Division first round | ||||||
| 1969–70 | Seattle | 15–10 | |||||||
| 1970–71 | Seattle | 12–14 | |||||||
| Seattle Chieftains (West Coast Athletic Conference) (1971–1972) | |||||||||
| 1971–72 | Seattle | 17–9 | 10–4 | 3rd | |||||
| Seattle: | 78–54 (.591) | ||||||||
| Total: | 78–54 (.591) | ||||||||
NBA/ABA
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle | 1972–73 | 37 | 13 | 24 | .351 | 4th Pacific | — | — | — | — | Missed playoffs |
| Utah* | 1974–75 | 56 | 24 | 32 | .429 | Left mid-season | — | — | — | — | |
| Career | 93 | 37 | 56 | .398 | — | — | — | — | |||
References
- ^ Seattle Times. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
External links
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