Morgan Wootten, In addition to being the best high school basketball coach, maybe one of the best coaches period in the sport. He’s one of only 3 high school coaches to ever be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, following Ernest Blood and before Bob Hurley. Most don’t realize he was one of the first high school basketball coaches to actively recruit players – drawing on the talent from public high schools. Wootten was also one of the first coaches to play a national schedule, playing the best schools from all over the country eventually making Washington D.