Kim Goetz

{{short description|American basketball player}}

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| name = Kim Goetz

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| career_position = Small forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

| weight_lbs = 195

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1957|8|23}}

| birth_place = Moscow, Idaho, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|3|17|1957|8|23}}

| death_place = San Diego, California, U.S.

| high_school = Moscow (Moscow, Idaho)

| college =

• {{nowrap|College of Southern Idaho (1975–1977)}}
• San Diego State (1977–1979)

| draft_year = 1979

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 34

| draft_team = New York Knicks

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| highlights =

• First-team All-WAC (1979)
• NJCAA champion (1976)

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Kim F. Goetz (August 23, 1957 – March 17, 2008) was an American basketball player.{{cite web |title=Kim F. Goetz |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sandiegouniontribune/obituary.aspx?n=kim-f-goetz&pid=106089044 |website=Legacy.com |accessdate=April 12, 2020}} He was nicknamed "the Long Ranger" due to his wide shooting range while playing for the San Diego State Aztecs.{{cite web |title=Former SDSU Men's Basketball Player Kim Goetz Dies At Age 50 |url=https://goaztecs.com/news/2008/3/20/Former_SDSU_Men_s_Basketball_Player_Kim_Goetz_Dies_At_Age_50.aspx |website=San Diego State University Athletics |accessdate=April 12, 2020 |date=March 20, 2008}}

Goetz began his collegiate career with the College of Southern Idaho Golden Eagles, where he led the team to its first NJCAA championship in 1976.{{cite web |title=Family and Friends Mourn Kim Goetz |url=https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3966:family-and-friends-mourn-kim-goetz&catid=130&Itemid=379 |website=The Draft Review |accessdate=April 12, 2020}} He transferred to play for the San Diego State Aztecs in 1977, where he had an immediate impact as the team's leading scorer during his debut season. During his senior season, he led the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in scoring with 20.5 points per game and earned a first-team All-WAC selection.{{cite web |title=San Diego State 2019–20 Men's Basketball Media Guide |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/goaztecs.com/documents/2019/12/16/MBB_MG_2019_20_web.pdf |website=San Diego State University Athletics |accessdate=April 12, 2020}} In his final game with the team, he set an Aztecs scoring record with 44 points in a loss to the Utah Utes.{{efn|The record was surpassed by Anthony Watson's 54 point performance in 1986. Goetz's 44 points game still ranks second in Aztecs history.}} Goetz became the first Aztecs player to surpass the 1,000 points mark in two seasons. He holds the school's record for career free-throw percentage while also ranking second in scoring average.

Goetz was selected by the New York Knicks as the 34th overall pick in the 1979 NBA draft but never played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He stayed in California and worked as a special education teacher at San Pasqual High School in Escondido. Goetz died of an apparent heart attack.{{cite web |last1=Wasser |first1=Aaron |title=Moscow loses a legend: Former MHS, SDSU great Kim Goetz dies at age 50 |url=https://dnews.com/sports/moscow-loses-a-legend-former-mhs-sdsu-great-kim-goetz-dies-at-age-50/article_e3b22bab-17a4-549a-aa97-0aeeac6341b7.html |website=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |accessdate=April 12, 2020 |date=March 22, 2008}}

He was inducted into the College of Southern Idaho Hall of Fame in 2005 and the San Diego State Aztec Hall of Fame in 2006.{{cite web |title=Hall of Fame: Kim Goetz |url=https://athletics.csi.edu/hof.aspx?hof=21 |website=College of Southern Idaho |accessdate=April 12, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Hall of Fame: Kim Goetz |url=https://goaztecs.com/hof.aspx?hof=68 |website=San Diego State University Athletics |accessdate=April 12, 2020}}