Fred Schaus

Fred Schaus
	Schaus from The Monticola, 1955
Personal information
Born	June 30, 1925; Newark, Ohio, U.S.
Died	February 10, 2010 (aged 84); Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	Newark (Newark, Ohio)
College	West Virginia (1946–1949)
NBA draft	1949: 3rd round
	Selected by the Fort Wayne Pistons
Playing career	1949–1954
Position	Small forward
Number	8, 17
Career history
As player:
1949–1953	Fort Wayne Pistons
1953–1954	New York Knicks
As coach:
1954–1960	West Virginia
1960–1967	Los Angeles Lakers
1972–1978	Purdue
Career highlights and awards
	As player: NBA All-Star (1951); All-NBA Second Team (1950); As coach: 5× NBA All-Star Game head coach (1962–1964, 1966, 1967); NIT championship (1974); 4× SoCon Coach of the Year (1955, 1958–1960); As executive: NBA champion (1972);
Career NBA statistics
Points	4,070 (12.2 ppg)
Rebounds	1,609 (6.0 rpg)
Assists	961 (2.9 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Men's basketball
Representing United States
Pan American Games

Frederick Appleton Schaus (June 30, 1925 – February 10, 2010) was an American basketball player, head coach and athletic director for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, player for the National Basketball Association's Fort Wayne Pistons and New York Knicks, general manager and head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, head coach of Purdue University basketball, and a member of the NCAA Basketball Committee. He was born in Newark, Ohio.^[1]