Background
Buckwalter grew up in Louisiana Grande, Oregon, and played high school basketball at Louisiana Grande High School.
Buckwalter grew up in Louisiana Grande, Oregon, and played high school basketball at Louisiana Grande High School.
University of Utah.
He served briefly as head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics in 1972 (on an interim basis), and later served as the head coach of the Utah Stars of the American Bar Association, replacing Joe Mullaney. While with the Stars, Buckwalter was known for signing Moses Malone out of high school. He was a scout for the Portland Trail Blazers when the team passed on Michael Jordan and selected Kentucky"s Sam Bowie as the second pick in the 1984 National Basketball Association draft.
He served as Vice-President of Basketball Operations for the Portland Trail Blazers.
He retired from the Blazers in 1997.