John Wooden's brilliant record at UCLA is known to all. What many don't know is that the Wizard of Westwood's coaching success travels far beyond the Bruins. Here is a look at his remarkable basketball life:
Honors and Accolades
The Line: All-Time Coaching Record
Greatest Players
CSTV produced a show to celebrate the Legend of John Wooden. Here are some highlights of the "Coach" show that details his remarkable run at UCLA.
Chuck Daly's birthday wishes.
Bill Walton and others pay tribute to a legendary coach.
Players spill the secrets to the Wizard's success.
A principled man who offered no one special treatment.
A look at John Wooden's career in pictures: from his years as an All-American player at Purdue, through the golden age of the UCLA dynasty, to his days as the game's elder statesman.
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For a man of letters, John Wooden, who will celebrate his 95th birthday on Friday with his family, rests peacefully in the vortex of impossible numbers.
The former English teacher, who is as comfortable quoting Cervantes and Shakespeare and writing poetry in his flawless cursive, unquestionably is the greatest college basketball coach of all time, having led UCLA to 10 national championships in 12 seasons, including seven consecutive titles from 1967 to 1973.
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The most amazing thing about John Wooden making his way into American popular culture, which he did, is that he got there with no outward sign of a personality.Yes, he had one. He had a temper, too, and enough command presence to make high-maintenance basketball stars bend themselves into the UCLA system.
You look at the reputations Sidney Wicks and Curtis Rowe picked up in the pros and you appreciate more fully what Wooden got them to do.
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John Wooden's success should not be measured simply as a coach. It is also reflected in the influence he has had on sports at all levels. Managers, coaches and players were touched by his philosophies and beliefs as they carved out their own careers.
Several of Wooden's colleagues have taken the time to send along birthday wishes as the coach turns 95 on Friday.
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