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Birth
John Wooden was born on October 14, 1910 in Hall, Indiana. -
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John Wooden
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High school years
John Wooden was a star basketball player at Martinsville High school.He lead his team to become state champions in1927. He was named All-State from 1926 to 1928. -
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Education
Wooden payed basketball and studied at Purdue University. He was named All-American for 3 years, led Purdue to a National title, and was named College basketball player of the year. He turned down the NBA to study civic engineering but later decided to major in English. -
Marriage
In 1932, John Wooden marries Nellie Riley. -
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Coaching begins
Wooden takes his first teaching job at Dayton High in Kentucky, where he teaches English and coaches basketball. In his first year as basketball coach, the team has a losing season, the only one in Wooden's career. -
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Final high school years
Wooden coaches at Central High in South Bend, Indiana for 7 years and ends his high school coaching career with a record of 218 wins and 42 losses. -
US Navy
Enlists in the U.S. Navy. Serves as a physical education instructor in World War II -
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Indiana State
After he leaves the US Navy, Wooden moves to Indiana to coach Indiana State and for 2 years leads them to a recrord of 47-14 and a conference title in 1947. -
UCLA years
Got Head Coaching job at UCLA and led them to a 22-7 record. -
First time champs
John Wooden leads the Bruins to their first Conference Championship -
First tournament
Leads UCLA to first NCAA Tournament. -
Hall of Fame player
Inducted into National Basketball Hall of fame as player. -
Coach of the year
Won Henry IBA Award Coach of the Year -
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Decade of Champions
Leads UCLA to 10 NCAA championships -
Hall of Fame
Inducted in National basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. -
Retirement
Ended his coaching career with UCLA and finished with an overall record of 620-147 -
Greatest of All Time
In 2009, John R. Wooden was named The Sporting News "Greatest Coach of All Time". -
Death
John Wooden died of natural causes at the age of 99.