John Robert Wooden was a college basketball coach widely considered to be one of the greatest coaches of all time. He is best known for his tenure as the men's basketball head coach of the UCLA Bruins, where he coached the team to 10 NCAA national championships in 12 years. Wooden is also one of just three men, along with Bill Sharman and Lenny Wilkens, to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player and coach.
John Robert Wooden was born in Martinsville, Ind., on Oct. 14, 1910. Wooden attended Martinsville High and won all-state prep honors in basketball three straight years while leading his team to the state finals in 1926, 1927 and 1928.