They Call Me Coach
date: label: date made
content: 1972
name: label: author
content: Wooden, John
label: Associated Name
content: University of California, Los Angeles
notes: label: Description
content: Paperback book entitled "They Call Me Coach" by John Wooden. There is a color photograph of Coach John Wooden on the front cover. Coach John Wooden (1910-2010) was the basketball coach at UCLA from 1948 to 1975. In that time, he won ten NCAA basketball championships, seven of which were consecutive (1967-1973). Wooden holds the record for the most consecutive games won in men’s college basketball with 88 consecutive victories. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2003 and selected as ESPN’s “Coach of the 20th Century.” As a player at Purdue University he was named an All-American three times. He was the first person ever to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (1961) and a coach (1973). In addition to his coaching career, he is known for his “Pyramid of Success,” which is a guide to being successful in life in addition to basketball.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Basketball
label: level of sport
content: collegiate
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John R. Wooden
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0539.05
label: accession number
content: 1979.0539
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0539.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: book, basketball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: adhesive (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 6 3/4 in; 24.13 cm x 17.145 cm