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    John Wooden. John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910June 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.

  2. 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...

  3. Jun 5, 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...

  4. Oct 10, 2024 · John Wooden (born October 14, 1910, Hall, Indiana, U.S.—died June 4, 2010, Los Angeles, California) was an American basketball coach who directed teams of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) to 10 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships in 12 seasons (1964–65, 1967–73, and 1975).

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  5. Jun 5, 2010 · John Wooden, the greatest college basketball coach in history, died Friday. He was 99. Wooden led the UCLA Bruins from 1948 to 1975.

  6. Jun 5, 2010 · John Wooden, college basketball's gentlemanly Wizard of Westwood who built one of the greatest dynasties in all of sports at UCLA and became one of the most revered coaches ever, has died. He was...

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  8. Jun 5, 2010 · Coach John Wooden has died at age 99. For decades of basketball lovers, Wooden was the epitome of the coach as winner and champion. His UCLA men's basketball teams won ten national titles and...