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John 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.
Jun 9, 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.
Find out what made Coach John Wooden such a powerful influencer from the very people he mentored one-on-one in his now famous den. Discover a new way of building self-control — that champion’s discipline — by following Coach Wooden’s humble teachings.
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With profound simplicity, Coach John Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves. In this inspiring talk he shares the advice he gave his players at UCLA, quotes poetry and remembers his father's wisdom.
Jun 4, 2010 · From 1928 to 1932, Johnny Wooden was a standout student-athlete at Purdue University. Playing guard for coach Piggy Lambert, who he credited with having the biggest influence on his basketball career, he was a three-time All-American and National Player of the Year.
Mar 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...
Jun 5, 2010 · John Wooden, a staid Midwesterner who migrated to U.C.L.A. and became college basketball’s most successful coach, earning the nickname the Wizard of Westwood and an enduring place in sports...
Jun 4, 2010 · 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 Robert Wooden is considered the greatest NCAA basketball head coach of all time. But many people knew him simply as coach. On the court, Wooden led the UCLA Bruins men’s basketball program to an impressive number of wins, with a 664-162 record, and was named NCAA College Basketball Coach of the Year six times.
