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 8, 2010 · John R. Wooden, who died Friday at age 99, left for the ages an exemplary body of work in which the rewards, ten-fold, outweighed the trials. No rendering of Wooden’s legacy, though, is...

Mar 14, 2023 · 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 University of California, Los...

Jan 29, 2025 · 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.

Born in 1910, legendary John Wooden, the most successful coach in the history of college basketball, guided his UCLA teams to an unprecedented 10 national championships in his 27 seasons (1949-1975). Wooden's teams compiled an overall record of 620-147 (a winning percentage of .808) and won 19 conference titles.

John Wooden is the greatest basketball coach of all time. He led UCLA to 10 NCAA national championships (including 7 in a row), won NCAA College Basketball Coach of the Year 6 times, and coached an 88-game winning streak.

Oct 7, 2024 · John Wooden coached in Westwood for 27 years, famously winning 10 national championships across 12 seasons. Under his guidance, the Bruins won seven straight NCAA titles. In one stretch, they won 88 straight games.

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John Robert Wooden was born in Martinsville, Indiana, on October 14, 1910. While attending high school in Martinsville, he won All-State prep honors in basketball three times while leading them to the State title game in his sophomore, junior and senior seasons.

Jun 4, 2010 · UCLA's legendary former basketball coach John Wooden, who in 27 years led his teams to stunning triumphs and was just as well known for mentoring his players off the court and for his motivational "Pyramid of Success," died at 6:45 p.m. of natural causes.