# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-shumate
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:13:58.115Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-shumate"
name: "John Shumate"
slug: "john-shumate"
description: "John Henry Shumate was an American professional basketball player and coach. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Phoenix Suns, Buffalo Braves, Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, and Seattle SuperSonics from 1975 to 1981. His playing career was cut short by recurring issues with blood clots. Shumate was the head coach for the Grand Canyon Antelopes and SMU Mustangs and an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors of the NBA and Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA."
tagline: "American basketball player-coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Shumate.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1952-04-06"
deathDate: "2025-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.95151333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795852/"
    handle:    "nm0795852"
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shumate"
    title: "John Shumate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "جون شوميت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "جون شوميت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shumate"
    title: "John Shumate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shumate"
    title: "John Shumate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shumate"
    title: "John Shumate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shumate"
    title: "John Shumate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shumate"
    title: "John Shumate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88"
    title: "ジョン・シューメイト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shumate"
    title: "John Shumate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Шумейт, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shumate"
    title: "John Shumate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2332758"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5533918"
    title: "John Shumate"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump