Q:Facts: - career position: forward - highschool: washington -lrb- los angeles , california -rrb- - caption: norman with ucla during 1967 -- 68 season - coach end: 1968 - cyears: 1956 -- 1957 1957 -- 1968 - cteam: west covina hs ucla -lrb- asst -rrb- - birth date: 77 2007 march 19 - name: jerry norman - nationality: american - image: jerry norman.png - coach start: 1956 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jerry norman -lrb- basketball -rrb- .
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jerry norman -lrb- born -rrb- is an american former college basketball player and coach .he was an assistant coach under john wooden with the ucla bruins for 11 seasons , helping wooden earn the first four of his record 10 national titles .he is enshrined in the ucla athletics hall of fame .norman was a basketball player with ucla , and was co-captain during his senior year .after serving in the united states navy and coaching in high school , he rejoined wooden at ucla as an assistant coach .he was a top recruiter for the bruins , helping the program expand its recruiting radius from locally to nationwide .norman also introduced a pressuring zone press defense to ucla , which was instrumental to their first two national championships .he retired from coaching in 1968 , and enjoyed a successful career in the financial industry .