1. Frederick Appleton Schaus 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.
Under Patton, Fred Schaus developed into a top star among stars during that golden age of Mountaineer basketball.
Fred Schaus was selected to the All-American team in 1949.
Fred Schaus scored 14.3 points a game and a year later scored a career-best 15.3 points a game.
Fred Schaus was selected to play in the first NBA All-Star Game and scored eight points for the West.
Fred Schaus was traded to the New York Knicks halfway through the 1954 season and ended his NBA career that season with 7.1 points per game average.
Fred Schaus then owned the distinction of being the only coach to reach the NIT finals, NCAA finals, and the NBA Finals.
At Purdue, Fred Schaus was the successor to George King, who was Fred Schaus' successor at West Virginia.
Fred Schaus guided the Lakers to seven consecutive playoff appearances, including 4 Western Conference Championships in 5 years.
Fred Schaus rebuilt the Lakers, eventually winning the 1972 NBA title.
Not long after, Fred Schaus was contacted by his friend George King about joining him at Purdue, as King wanted to focus on being the athletic director rather than being director and coach.
Fred Schaus is the father of Southern Conference Commissioner and former Ohio University and Wichita State University athletic director Jim Schaus.
Fred Schaus died in Morgantown, West Virginia, on February 10,2010.