John Wooden - Wikipedia
WEBJohn Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball coach and player. Nicknamed " the Wizard of Westwood ", he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championships in a 12-year period as head coach for the UCLA Bruins, including a record seven in a row.
John Wooden: Biography, Basketball Coach, Basketball Player
WEBMar 14, 2023 · 1910–2010. Who Was John Wooden? John Wooden was an All-American guard at Purdue University. After stints as a high school coach and teacher, he took over as head basketball coach at...
John Wooden | Biography, Record, Books, & Facts | Britannica
WEBJul 16, 2024 · John Wooden, American basketball coach who directed teams of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) to 10 National Collegiate Athletic Association championships in 12 seasons (1964–65, 1967–73, and 1975). Learn more about Wooden’s life and accomplishments in this article.
To the family of UCLA’s John Wooden, ‘Papa’ will always resonate
WEBJun 4, 2020 · The family remains based in Southern California some 45 years after Wooden coached his final game with the Bruins. Daughter Nan Muehlhausen, 86, resides in a San Fernando Valley care center after...
‘I don’t want to. I have to’: The real story behind John Wooden’s ...
WEBNov 12, 2021 · A pair of Hall of Fame coaches, leaders of college basketball’s most storied rivalry, making their revelations two months and 11 miles apart. “I no longer feel I am the right man for the job,”...
Revisiting the remarkable legacy of John Wooden
WEBMar 8, 2017 · Wooden may have become the most “successful” coach in the history of college basketball, but he never lost sight of what that word did, and didn’t, mean. From 1964 to 1975, Wooden’s UCLA ...
Remembering John Wooden, the Wizard of Westwood | TIME
WEBJun 5, 2010 · Perhaps Bear Bryant was more revered. But John Wooden, the former UCLA basketball coach who died at 99 in Los Angeles on June 4, could lay claim to his own honorific.
John Wooden on How to Become Legendary - Tony Robbins
WEBOct 13, 2016 · What makes a good coach? “You can’t control what people think of you, but you can control who you are.” That’s just one piece of wisdom from John Wooden on leadership. This far-ranging interview shows us the thought process of one of the greatest coaches – if not the greatest coach – of all time.
John Wooden dies at 99; coach won 10 national basketball titles …
WEBMar 9, 2014 · John Wooden, the UCLA basketball coach who became an icon of American sports while guiding the Bruins to an unprecedented 10 national championships in the 1960s and ‘70s and remained in the...
John Wooden, Legendary Basketball Coach, Dead At 99
WEBJun 5, 2010 · Coach John Wooden has died at age 99. For decades of basketball lovers, Wooden was the epitome of the coach as winner and champion. His UCLA men's basketball teams won ten national titles and...
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