John Shumate

John Shumate
	Shumate with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in 1973
Personal information
Born	April 6, 1952 (age 72); Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school	Thomas Jefferson; (Elizabeth, New Jersey)
College	Notre Dame (1971–1974)
NBA draft	1974: 1st round, 4th overall pick
	Selected by the Phoenix Suns
Playing career	1975–1980
Position	Power forward / center
Number	34
Coaching career	1983–2010
Career history
As player:
1975–1976	Phoenix Suns
1976–1977	Buffalo Braves
1977–1979	Detroit Pistons
1979–1980	Houston Rockets
1980	San Antonio Spurs
1981	Seattle SuperSonics
As coach:
1983–1986	Grand Canyon
1988–1995	SMU
1995–1998	Toronto Raptors (assistant)
2003	Phoenix Mercury
2009–2010	Phoenix Suns (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	As player: NBA All-Rookie First Team (1976); Consensus first-team All-American (1974); As head coach: SWC regular season champion (1993);
Career NBA statistics
Points	3,920 (12.3 ppg)
Rebounds	2,388 (7.5 rpg)
Assists	574 (1.8 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

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

Shumate grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and played high school basketball at Thomas Jefferson High School.^[1]

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.^[2] Shumate also appeared as a member of the Detroit team in the cult classic basketball film The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh in 1979 alongside Pistons teammates Bob Lanier, Eric Money, Chris Ford, Kevin Porter, and Leon Douglas.^[3]

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.^[4] In the summer of 2009 he was named as an assistant coach of the Phoenix Suns.^[5]

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

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Grand Canyon Antelopes^[6] (NAIA District VII) (1983–1986)
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) (1988–1995)
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 Division I 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
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Legend
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
Phoenix	2003	34	8	26	.235	7th in Western	–	–	–	–
Career		34	8	26	.235		–	–	–

^ Viggiano, Bob. "Wilson hoops great Sullinger, 58, dies", Courier-Post, December 10, 2010. Accessed October 24, 2015. "The team's toughest test came in the state semifinals, when it went up against Thomas Jefferson of Elizabeth with John Shumate, who later starred at Notre Dame."
^ "John Sumate Stats". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079154/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk1 ^{[user-generated source]}
^ http://www.howtosports.com/basketball.php Archived 2007-06-21 at the Wayback Machine.
^ "Shumate named assistant coach of Phoenix Suns". Sports.gaeatimes.com. August 25, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
^ http://www.gculopes.com/documents/2015/5/21//Year_by_Year2.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}