with a 53–29 campaign, though the season ended in a first-round playoff defeat. In his third season with the Blazers, the team was racked with dissension and posted a 25–22 record before Schuler was fired in mid-February. He recorded a .602 winning percentage (127–84) with the Trail Blazers. Then-assistant coach Rick Adelman was promoted to replace him on an interim basis. After the Blazers reached the 1989 NBA Playoffs and were swept in the first round by the Lakers, Adelman was made the head coach on a permanent basis. Schuler served as assistant coach of the Golden State Warriors for the 1989–90 season, before becoming coach of the Los Angeles Clippers the following year. He served in that role until he was dismissed halfway through the 1991–92 season, compiling a .409 winning percentage (52–75) during his time with the Clippers. He went on to serve as an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings from 1992 to 1994, and for the Minnesota Timberwolves from 1994 to 1997. He later returned to the Bucks as an assistant in 2003, before retiring at the end of the 2004–05 season. Personal life Schuler married Gloria Sissea in July 1963. They remained married for 53 years until her death in 2016. Together, they had two daughters: Kimberly and Kristin. Schuler died on June 28, 2022, at the age of 81. Head coaching record |- | align="left" |Portland | align="left" | |82||49||33||.598|| align="center" |2nd in Pacific||4||1||3||.250 | align="center" |Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |Portland | align="left" | |82||53||29||.646|| align="center" |2nd in Pacific||4||1||3||.250 | align="center" |Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |Portland | align="left" | |47||25||22||.532|| align="center" |(fired)||—||—||—||— | align="center" |— |- | align="left" |L.A. Clippers | align="left" | |82||31||51||.378|| align="center" |6th in Pacific||—||—||—||— | align="center" |Missed Playoffs |- | align="left" |L.A. Clippers | align="left" | |45||21||24||.467|| align="center" |(fired)||—||—||—||— | align="center" |— |- |-class="sortbottom" | align="left" |Career | ||338||179||159||.530|| ||8||2||6||.250 |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="12" style="text-align: center;" | Source: References 1940 births 2022 deaths American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players Army Black Knights men's basketball coaches Basketball coaches from Ohio Basketball players from Ohio Golden State Warriors assistant coaches Los Angeles Clippers head coaches Milwaukee Bucks assistant coaches Minnesota Timberwolves assistant coaches New Jersey Nets assistant coaches Ohio Bobcats men's basketball coaches Ohio Bobcats men's basketball players People from Portsmouth, Ohio Portland Trail Blazers head coaches Rice Owls men's basketball coaches Sacramento Kings