George Felton

George Felton (born December 28, 1952)^[1] is a former American college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team from 1986 to 1991.^[2] Felton has also served as a scout for the San Antonio Spurs and Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[3]

Felton was born in the Bronx, New York, and attended All Hallows High School.^[1] He played college basketball for the South Carolina Gamecocks.^[1] Felton started his coaching career as an assistant coach under Bobby Cremins with the Appalachian State Mountaineers from 1976 to 1981.^[1] He followed Cremins to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in 1981 and was appointed as associate head coach.^[1] Felton was hired by his alma mater to become the head coach of the Gamecocks in 1986.^[1] He led the team to a 87–62 record for five seasons until he was fired in May 1991 with one year remaining on his contract.^[1] Felton rejoined Cremins at Georgia Tech as an unpaid assistant for the 1991–92 season because of his buyout at South Carolina.^[1] He became a full-time assistant in 1992 when he joined head coach Brian Mahoney with the St. John's Red Storm for three seasons.^[1] Felton was hired as an assistant for the Oregon State Beavers in 1995 where he served under Eddie Payne, his former Gamecocks assistant coach.^[1] He joined the staff of another former assistant, Tubby Smith, with the Kentucky Wildcats in 1997 and won a national championship with the team in 1998.^[1]

Felton left the collegiate coaching ranks in 2001 to join the Indiana Pacers as a scout.^[1] He was hired by the San Antonio Spurs as the director of college player personnel in 2006.^[1]

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