Background
Shumate grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey and played high school basketball at Thomas Jefferson High School.
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Shumate grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey and played high school basketball at Thomas Jefferson High School.
He earned National Basketball Association All-Rookie Team honors in his first season after averaging 11.3 points per game and 5.6 rebounds per game. Over the course of his career, Shumate averaged 12.3 points and 7.5 rebounds. Shumate later coached for the Southern Methodist University Mustangs and the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association. He also appeared in a series of basketball training videos.
In the summer of 2009 he was named as an assistant coach of the Phoenix Suns.
Shumate was the center on the Notre Dame team that ended University of California, Los Angeles"s National Collegiate Athletic Association-record 88-game winning streak on January 19, 1974. These former assistants to Shumate later became head coaches:
Dave Hammer: Aquinas (Michigan) (2003–present)
Jerry Kassin: Western Oklahoma State JC (women"s, 2012–present), various other junior college positions
Dick Lien: Siemens Gent (1998–1999).
Denmark (2000). Saudi Arabia (2001–2002)
Ray Martin: LIU Brooklyn (1998–2001)
Clifton McNeely: Austin Westlake High School (1995–2005).
The Woodlands College Park High School (2005–present)
Jimmy Tubbs: SMU (2004–2006)
Dennis Wolff: Boston University (men"s, 1994–2009). Virginia Technical (women"s, 2011–present).
A 6"9" forward/center from the University of Notre Dame, Shumate played five seasons (1975–1978. 1979–1981) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Phoenix Suns, Buffalo Braves, Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs and Seattle SuperSonics.