George Felton

American basketball coach and scout

For George Felton (MP), see Lancaster (UK Parliament constituency). For the computer scientist, see George E. Felton.

George FeltonBiographical details

Born|  (1952-12-28) December 28, 1952 (age 72)
The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Playing career
1973–1974| South Carolina
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976–1981| Appalachian State (assistant)
1981–1986| Georgia Tech (associate HC)
1986–1991| South Carolina
1991–1992| Georgia Tech (assistant)
1992–1995| St. John's (assistant)
1995–1997| Oregon State (assistant)
1997–2000| Kentucky (assistant)
2000–2001| Kentucky (associate HC)
Head coaching record
Overall| 87–62 (.584)

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]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "George Felton (Former Head Coach)". Coaches Database. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
2. ^ "Times Daily - Google News Archive Search".
3. ^ "Spotlight: George Felton". Bethlehem University Foundation. November 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2024.

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South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball head coaches

* J. H. Brown (1908–1909)
* F. E. Schofield (1909–1910)
* No coach (1910–1911)
* James G. Driver (1911–1913)
* John Blackburn (1913–1914)
* L. W. Hill (1914–1915)
* Charles C. Farrell (1915–1916)
* Dixon Foster (1916–1920)
* Sol Metzger (1920–1921)
* Lana A. Sims (1921–1922)
* Jack Crawford (1922–1924)
* Branch Bocock (1924–1927)
* A. Burnet Stoney (1927–1928)
* Rock Norman (1928–1932)
* Billy Laval (1932–1933)
* Rock Norman (1933–1935)
* Ted Petoskey (1935–1940)
* Frank Johnson (1940–1942)
* Rex Enright (1942–1943)
* Henry Findley (1943–1944)
* John D. McMillan (1944–1945)
* Frank Johnson (1945–1958)
* Walt Hambrick (1958–1959)
* Bob Stevens (1959–1962)
* Chuck Noe (1962–1964)
* Dwane Morrison # (1964)
* Frank McGuire (1964–1980)
* Bill Foster (1980–1986)
* George Felton (1986–1991)
* Steve Newton (1991–1993)
* Eddie Fogler (1993–2001)
* Dave Odom (2001–2008)
* Darrin Horn (2008–2012)
* Frank Martin (2012–2022)
* Lamont Paris (2022– )

# denotes interim head coach

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Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball 1997–98 NCAA champions

* 3 Allen Edwards
* 4 Steve Masiello
* 5 Wayne Turner
* 11 Saul Smith
* 13 Nazr Mohammed
* 14 Heshimu Evans
* 15 Jeff Sheppard (MOP)
* 33 Michael Bradley
* 34 Scott Padgett
* 42 Jamaal Magloire

Head coach
Tubby Smith

Assistant coaches
Mike Sutton
George Felton
Shawn Finney

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