John Wooden guided the Bruins to 10 national championships and 12 Final Four appearances as head coach. He served as UCLA's head coach from 1948-75.

Jan 7, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; A statue of former UCLA Bruins coach John Wooden at Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images.

At Purdue, John Wooden was college basketball's best player. At UCLA, he was the best coach. The programs meet for the first time since 2000 Friday.

John Wooden, center, coach of the UCLA national champions, compares notes with his fellow basketball lecturers at Tennessee State's Blue Ribbon Clinic on July 23,1964.

Andy Hill, who played for UCLA legendary coach John Wooden, created what became the popular plus-minus statistic to measure a player's influence on a game. (Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times) ...

For former UCLA coach John Wooden's daughter, Nan, it required pulling the right earlobe of her father's statue down a bit, before it was cast in bronze and erected, at 8 feet and 400 pounds, in ...

The 1972 national crown was UCLA’s eighth in nine years under John Wooden. And the victory was the Bruins’ 45th in a row, putting them just past the midway point of a record 88-game winning ...

Long-time UCLA coach John Wooden played at Purdue. Here's a look at the legend of his Boilermakers jersey and how one family preserved it over the years. News Sports Indy 500 Things To Do Opinion ...

Amid John Wooden backdrop, UCLA takes on No. 20 Purdue. In a matchup pairing legendary John Wooden's alma mater against the program he coached to 10 national championships, ...

In a matchup pairing legendary John Wooden's alma mater against the program he coached to 10 national championships, No. 20 Purdue will face UCLA in a Big Ten Conference game in West Lafayette ...