For nearly 30 years, John Wooden roamed the sideline as UCLA’s men’s basketball coach. During his tenure, he amassed the most outstanding resume in the history of college basketball, winning 10 national titles in 12 years. Read more...
Photo: Georgia Tech sports history professor John Matthew Smith wrote a book detailing how John Wooden’s teams in the 1960s got involved in the various political and social movements of the time. He described how players like Bill Walton, Lew Alcindor and Andy Hill at times clashed with Wooden because of their activism and political beliefs.