John Robert Wooden was an American basketball player and coach. Nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood," as head coach at UCLA he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period, including an unprecedented seven in a row.
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As player
Helms and Premo-Porretta National Championships (1932)
As coach
10 NCAA Division I Tournament Championships (1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975)
12 NCAA Regional Championships – Final Four (1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975)
Awards
College Basketball Hall of Fame (2006)
National Basketball Hall of Fame (1972)
6 NCAA College Basketball Coach of the Year
Basketball All-American (1930, 1931, 1932)
College Basketball Player of the Year (1932)
NBL scoring leader (1933)
NBL First Team (1938)
National Basketball Hall of Fame (1960)
Henry Iba Award Coach of the Year (1964)
Presidential Medal of Freedom
1564 - 1616
1803 – 1882
1854 – 1900
1942 – 2016
1928 – 2014
1835 – 1910
1869 – 1948
1884 – 1962
1898 – 1963
1929 – 1993
1879 – 1955
1809 – 1865
1807 – 1870
1800 – 1859
1795 – 1821
1755 – 1793
1984 -
1989 – 2011
1943 – 2001
1815 – 1902
1929 – 1994
1767 – 1848
