Fred Schaus

Frederick Appleton Schaus


Born:
June 30, 1925
Newark, OH

Died:
February 10, 2010
Morgantown, WV


Career
1941-42 Newark High School - Ohio (High School)
1942-43 Newark High School - Ohio (High School)
1943-44 NATTC (Military)
1944-45 NATTC (Military)
1946-47 West Virginia University (College)
1947-48 West Virginia University (College)
1948-49 West Virginia University (College)
1949-50 Fort Wayne Pistons (NBA)
1950-51 Fort Wayne Pistons (NBA)
1951-52 Fort Wayne Pistons (NBA)
1952-53 Fort Wayne Pistons (NBA)
1953-54 Fort Wayne Pistons (NBA)
1953-54 New York Knicks (NBA)
1954-55 West Virginia University (College) Head coach
1955-56 West Virginia University (College) Head coach
1956-57 West Virginia University (College) Head coach 
1957-58 West Virginia University (College) Head coach
1958-59 West Virginia University (College) Head coach 
1959-60 West Virginia University (College) Head coach

1960-61 Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) Head coach
1961-62 Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) Head coach
1962-63 Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) Head coach 
1963-64 Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) Head coach
1964-65 Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) Head coach 
1965-66 Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) Head coach
1966-67 Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) Head coach 
1967-68 Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) General Manager  
1968-69 Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) General Manager 
1969-70 Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) General Manager 
1970-71 Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) General Manager 
1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) General Manager 
1972-73 Purdue University (College) Head coach
1973-74 Purdue University (College) Head coach 
1974-75 Purdue University (College) Head coach
1975-76 Purdue University (College) Head coach 
1976-77 Purdue University (College) Head coach
1977-78 Purdue University (College) Head coach 

Growing up in Newark, Schaus enlisted in the U.S. Navy after graduating from high school, and was one of the highest scoring players in the military and headed to West Virginia University after the war. The first WVU player to score 1000 points, Schaus played for five seasons in the NBA, primarily with the Fort Wayne Pistons.
He retired as a player and took the head coach job at WVU. In six seasons there, his teams went 127-26 and made the NCAA tournament every year, losing in the 1959 NCAA Championship game by a single point to California. He wound up becoming the Lakers' first coach when the NBA franchise moved to Los Angeles, and after seven years left coaching for the General Manager job there. In 1972, he returned to the bench, taking the head coach gig at Purdue for six seasons. From 1981 to 1989, Schaus served as the Athletic Director at WVU.

He married Barbara Scherr and they had two sons.

Source:
Obituary, Purdue Sports
Obituary, Post-Gazette, February 13, 2010

Stats:
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/schaufr01.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=schaufr01