 Schofield in the championship game of the1971 NCAA Tournament | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1948-06-16)June 16, 1948 (age 76) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Saint Monica(Santa Monica, California) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 1971:undrafted |
| Position | Guard |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| As player | |
George Terence Schofield (born June 16, 1948) is an American formerbasketball player and coach. He playedcollege basketball with theUCLA Bruins, winning three national championships (1969–1971) under CoachJohn Wooden. Schofield played professionally in Germany, where he later became a basketball coach. He also became an English lecturer for a German university.
Schofield was born in Los Angeles,[1] and began playing organized basketball in the fifth grade.[2] He attendedSaint Monica Catholic High School inSanta Monica, California,[3] where he was a three-time All-Bay Area first team selection, named to the all-league first team twice, awarded the league'sMost Valuable Player, and was also first-team all-California Interscholastic Federation (CIF).[2][3]
Schofield enrolled atSanta Monica City College, where he led the Metropolitan Conference in scoring as a freshman in 1966–67 after averaging 21points per game.[2] The following year, he transferred to theUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was on their non-playing squad for a year.[4]
As a sophomore in1968–69, he was expected to start for theBruins. However, he was beaten out byJohn Vallely, another junior college transfer, though Schofield was the better shooter. The move left him unhappy for two years.[5] After Vallely graduated, CoachJohn Wooden opted to promoteKenny Booker to start over Schofield in1970–71. The coach felt Booker was slightly better on defense and would be a better fit with the other starters.[5][6] Schofield became the topguard off the bench, and served as the team'ssixth man.[6][7] He averaged 6.2 points and 2.4rebounds as UCLA finished 29–1 and captured their seventhNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship in eight seasons.[7] It was Schofield's third straight title with the Bruins (1969–1971);[8] he is one of 14 players who won three national titles at UCLA under Wooden.[9]
At the urging of former UCLA teammateJohn Ecker, Schofield went to Germany to play professionally.[10] Playing for SSC Göttingen in theBasketball Bundesliga (BBL), he had a career-high 52 points in 1974.[11] He later became a coach in Germany.[12] He led Göttingen to BBL titles in 1980, 1983, and 1984;[13] he has also coachedTTL Bamberg.[14] Starting in 1980, Schofield coached theGerman national team.[12][15] He also became an English lecturer at theUniversity of Göttingen.[16]
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