John Francis Wetzel (born October 22, 1944) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. A 6'5" guard, he attended Wilson Memorial High School in Fishersville, VA, and played collegiately at Virginia Tech and was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 8th round of the 1966 NBA draft. Over a seven-year career, Wetzel played for three teams: the Lakers, the Phoenix Suns, and the Atlanta Hawks. He later coached the Suns during the 1987-88 NBA season. He served as an assistant for several other teams, retiring from basketball in 2004. Wetzel currently splits time in Tucson, Arizona and Maui, Hawaii.
Career statistics
NBA Source
Regular season Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG L.A. Lakers 38 11.4 .437 .761 2.2 1.3 3.7 Phoenix 70 15.6 .431 .822 2.2 1.6 4.7 Phoenix 51 8.2 .378 .800 1.3 1.1 1.7 Atlanta 28 18.0 .447 .824 2.1 1.4 3.5 Atlanta 70 17.6 .425 .719 2.4 2.0 1.0 .3 3.6 Atlanta 63 12.5 .426 .883 1.8 1.2 .8 .1 3.8 Portland 37 6.7 .478 .833 1.0 .5 .2 .1 1.7Career 357 13.2 .429 .810 1.9 1.4 .8 .2 3.4
Playoffs Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 1973 Atlanta 3 11.0 .429 – .7 1.3 2.0 1976 Phoenix 2 2.5 – 1.000 1.0 .0 .0 .0 1.0Career 5 7.6 .429 1.000 .8 .8 .0 .0 1.6
Head coaching record
| style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix | style="text-align:left;"| | 82||28||54|||| style="text-align:center;"|4th in Pacific||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs
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References
External links BasketballReference.com: John Wetzel (as player) BasketballReference.com: John Wetzel (as coach)