John Wooden

American basketball coach (1910-2010) · United States · On the map · Basketball Players · Died at 99

John Robert Wooden 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.

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2010Died4 June 20102003Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1996Theodore Roosevelt AwardAward1974John Bunn AwardAward1973Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the YearAward1972Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the YearAwardSports Illustrated Sportsperson of the YearAward1970Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the YearAward1969Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the YearAward1967Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the YearAward1910Born14 October 1910

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Hammond Ciesar All-Americans

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Wooden at Purdue

Wooden with assistant coach Bill Putnam and trainer Ducky Drake, c. 1958

Wooden in 1960

Wooden with Digger Phelps in 1973, after UCLA beat Notre Dame for their NCAA-record 61st straight win

John Wooden Recreation Centre on the campus of UCLA

Wooden at a ceremony on his 96th birthday

Awards

Presidential Medal of Freedom2003

Theodore Roosevelt Award1996

John Bunn Award1974

Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year1973

Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year1972

Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year1972

Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year1970

Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year1969

Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year1967

About this person

No other team has won more than four in a row in Division I college men's or women's basketball. Within this period, his teams won an NCAA men's basketball record 88 consecutive games. Wooden won the prestigious Henry Iba Award as national coach of the year a record seven times and won the Associated Press award five times.

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United States