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November 14th, 2007 |

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College Coaching Record:

Indiana State 1946-1948 47- 14

1947 conference title
1948 NAIA championship game

UCLA 1948-1975 620-147

19 PAC-10 championships
10 national championships
149-2 record at Pauley Pavilion (UCLA’s home court)

Some of Coach Wooden’s Honors:

1930-1932 Three year All-American Basketball Player at Purdue
1932 College Basketball Player of the Year
1932 Big Ten Medal for proficiency in scholarship & athletics— awarded to graduating athlete with outstanding grades
1943 All Time All-American Basketball Team by Hall of Fame
1960 National Basketball Hall of Fame as a player
1964 Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame – an original inductee
1964 College Basketball Coach of the Year
1966 Published book, Practical Modern Basketball
1967 College Basketball Coach of the Year
1968 College Basketball Coach of the Year
1968 “Honored by Christian Church for service and concern for mankind”
1970 College Basketball Coach of the Year
1970 Sporting News –”Sports Man of the Year”
1971 Friars Club – “Coach of the Century”
1972 College Basketball Coach of the Year
1972 National Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach-only Hall of Fame inductee in more than one category
Holds LSU records for most field goals in a game (26) against Vanderbilt on Jan. 29, 1969 and attempted (57) against Vanderbilt
1972 Published book, They Call Me Coach
1973 College Basketball Coach of the Year
1973 Sports Illustrated, “Sports Man of the Year”
1973 Whitney Young Urban League Award of Humanitarian Service
1974 1st John Bunn Hall of Fame Service Award
1974 1st James A. Naismith “Peach Basket” Award
1974 California ” Grandfather of the Year Award” by National Father’s Day Committee
1974 1st “Velvet Covered Brick Award” for Christian leadership
1975 College Basketball Coach of the Year
1975 California ” Sports Father of the Year”
1985 Bellarmine Medal of Excellence – 1st sports figure to receive. Some other recipients: Mother Teresa, Walter Cronkite, etc.
1993 1st CASEY Award-exceptional service to Amateur Athletics
1993 Sportslink “Pathfinder Award” to Hoosier with extra

Coach impressive records, but the most thing I find impressive about this. Is that Coach John Wooden did all this while yet keeping his character of head work, never comprising, and the most important keeping a level head with all and through all this success.

88	Consecutive victories	Next best – 60
10	NCAA championships	Next best – 4
7	Consecutive NCAA championships	Next best – 2
38	Consecutive NCAA tournament victories	Previous record – 13
8	Undefeated PAC-8 championships	8 championships
4	Undefeated full seasons	Next best – 1

Lifetime record of 40 years

Won 905 games	Lost 205
Won 81.5% of all games

College Record – 29 Years

Won 677 games	Lost 161
Won 80.5% of all games

Teaching Positions

11 years	High School
2 years	Indiana State University
27 years	UCLA

Activities Since 1975 Retirement From UCLA

Lecturing (coaching clinics, summer camps, college convocations, business conventions and conferences, fundraisers, prayer breakfasts, etc.)

Reading, Writing

Family time

Books:

The Holy Bible
Albom, Mitch, and Stacy Creamer. Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson. New York: Broadway Books, 2002
Douglas, Llyod Cassel. Magnificent Obsession. Cutchogue, NY: Buccaneer Books, 1997.
Unknown. The Robe. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985.
Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. New York: Signet Classic, 1999.
Graham, Billy. Unto the Hills. Irving, TX: Word Publishing, 1996.
Hunter, JamesC. The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership. New York: Prima Publishing, 1998.
McCullough, David. John Adams. Carmichael, CA: Touchstone Books, 2002.
And almost anything about Abraham Lincoln and Mother Teresa.

Poetry:

Bryant, William Cullen. “Thanatopsis.”
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.”
Gray, Sir Thomas. “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.”
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Hiawatha’s Childhood.”
Milton, John. “On His Blindness.”
Poe, Edgar Allan. “The Raven.”
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. Idylls of the King.
And the poetry of Sir Walter Scott, William Shakespeare, and William Wordsworth

Coach John Wooden, aka wizard of westwood. Is mostly known for a winning coach and his pyramid of success. You can check out his pyramid of success here.

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