Tribute To A Great Coach And Person

June 5th, 2010 • Related • Filed Under
Tribute To A Great Coach And Person

This post has absolutely nothing to do with football.  So all of you football fans, please forgive me.  But I just couldn’t let the passing of the legendary John Wooden go without writing about him.  There was so much that was great about this man.The record speaks for itself on Wooden’s legend as a basketball coach.  10 NCAA titles including 7 in a row.  Four perfect 30-0 seasons and one stretch of 205-5.   This article though isn’t about his record or his dominance.  I don’t think that is questioned.

What has always impressed me so much about John Wooden was how he achieved success while impacting so many of his players in huge ways.  If you watch over the next couple of weeks, you will hear those testimonies pouring out.  And they are well deserved in my opinion.




He was intensely loyal.  He taught life lessons, not just basketball.  He was all about team, not the individual.  And he cared about his players immensely.  And he knew how to win, and in a big way regardless of the talent he had.

Basketball and sports in general have changed quite a bit since Wooden was at UCLA.   Many might say that he couldn’t achieve today what he did in the 60′s and 70′s.  I’m not convinced of that, but we’ll never know.

What I do know, or at least believe very strongly is that we won’t see another coach and man like John Wooden for a long time, if ever.

Thank you coach for all you did and taught to all of us!




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