# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-wetzel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:50:55.668Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-wetzel"
name: "John Wetzel"
slug: "john-wetzel"
description: "John Francis Wetzel 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."
tagline: "American basketball player and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Wetzel_(head_coach)-_Phoenix_Suns.jpg?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: "1944-10-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.56
  momentum:             2.442748091603053
  historical:           7.411736
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wetzel"
    title: "John Wetzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A9)"
    title: "جون يتزيل (كرة سلة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "جون يتزيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wetzel_(basketball)"
    title: "John Wetzel (basketball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wetzel"
    title: "John Wetzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wetzel"
    title: "John Wetzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wetzel_(cestista)"
    title: "John Wetzel (cestista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wetzel"
    title: "John Wetzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2348890"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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