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Buzz Peterson

American college basketball coach
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Buzz Peterson
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Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
May 17, 1963
Place of birth
Asheville
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
basketball coach, basketball player
Employer
University of Tennessee
Educated at
Asheville High School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[7][8]
Country for sport
United States[15]
Family name
Peterson[11]
Given name
Robert[12]
Head coach
Tennessee Volunteers basketball
Height
196 cm[16]
League or competition
NCAA Division I men's basketball
Member of sports team
North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
Native language
English[6]
Nickname
Buzz, Wilbur[13][14]
Sport
basketball[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Buzz Peterson en Robert Bower Peterson, Jr. en Wilbur ar باز بيترسون it Robert Bower Peterson
🔖 Identifiers · 10
Basketball Reference NBA player ID
p/peterbu01
Eurobasket.com coach ID
828
Freebase ID
/m/0dr5m9
NCAA Statistics coach ID
486
Prabook ID
1915757
RealGM basketball player ID
51561
Sports Reference college basketball player ID
buzz-peterson-1
Sports-Reference.com college basketball coach ID
buzz-peterson-1
The Draft Review ID
9467
Trading Card Database name ID
38283

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Summary

Buzz Peterson was born on May 17, 1963[1], in Asheville[2]. He has worked as a basketball coach[3] and basketball player[4].

FAQs

Where was Buzz Peterson born?

Buzz Peterson was born in Asheville[2].

What did Buzz Peterson do for work?

Buzz Peterson worked as a basketball coach[3] and basketball player[4].

Where did Buzz Peterson go to school?

Buzz Peterson was educated at Asheville High School[7] and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[8].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . newspapers.com. newspapers.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 26w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Basketball Reference NBA player ID → p/peterbu01
    Given name → Robert
    Wikidata description → American college basketball coach
    Prabook ID → 1915757
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: Added ur:بز پیٹرسن"
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