re: Is John Wooden the greatest collegiate coach of all-time?

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Rod Dedeaux won 11 College World Series including 6 CWS over a 7 year span.

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Because it's not CFB, it just doesn't get enough credit. Even if you're dominate, winning in baseball consistently is fricking tougher than football.

Baseball - like basketball too - with Wooden, so many variables can go wrong in any given game.

Football, generally if you're bigger, stronger, faster you're gonna win if you just have the better athletes.

So I don't care how good your players are, they weren't THAT much better than North Carolina or Duke or Kentucky who had their own bag man. Winning NCAA tournament after tournament after tournament, and on and on...when any bad break or poor play can derail you?

That's impressive. That's not just talent, that's a belief that nobody is going to beat us. And it's not like UCLA blew everyone out in the NCAA tournaments...they had some close games.

As far as Dedeaux, I don't think anyone will ever match his resume, not even Wooden.

29X Conference Champion, 11X CWS Champion. He was named the Coach of the Century by Collegiate Baseball Magazine.