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re: John Wooden (1910 - 2010)
Posted on 6/6/10 at 4:09 am to dukke v
Posted on 6/6/10 at 4:09 am to dukke v
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DO SOME HOMEWORK!! WANNA BE!!!!
Dan Gable
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Gable became head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa in 1976. He formed a dynasty matched by none. From 1978 to 1986, the Hawkeyes won the NCAA title each year, a record nine in succession. He continued to coach the team until a sabbatical after the 1997 season. His record in dual meets was 355-21-5 which included 15 NCAA titles and 21 straight Big Ten titles.
Rod Dedeaux
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Prior to his retirement in 1986, Dedeaux's teams won 10 additional CWS titles – no other coach won more than 3 until 1997 – including five consecutively (1970-74). He served as coach of the United States team at both the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, with baseball being a demonstration sport prior to its elevation to full medal status in 1988. He retired as the winningest coach in college baseball history and with a record of 1,332-571-11 (.699)
Pat Henry
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Pat Henry (born 22 July 1951 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is the current track & field coach at Texas A&M University. He is also the former track & field coach at Louisiana State University (LSU) where he won 27 national championships.
Dean Cromwell
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Dean Bartlett Cromwell (September 20, 1879 - August 3, 1962), nicknamed "Maker of Champions", was an American athletic coach in multiple sports, principally at the University of Southern California. He was the head coach of the USC track team from 1909 to 1948, excepting 1914 and 1915, and guided the team to 12 NCAA team national championships (1926, 1930-31, 1935-43) and 34 individual NCAA titles. He was the head coach for the U.S. track team at the 1948 Olympic Games in London.
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Posted on 6/6/10 at 4:19 am to ToesOnTheNose213
John McDonnel laughs at that list
Posted on 6/6/10 at 11:50 am to SPEEDY
Who is John McDonnel?
Posted on 6/6/10 at 11:53 am to Lacour
What a quality human being. It is sad to see the last of that generation dying out. They were a far cry from what we have to day. RIP Coach.
Posted on 6/6/10 at 12:17 pm to ToesOnTheNose213
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Who is John McDonnel?
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retired track coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks
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McDonnell's 42 national championships (which include 19 in indoor track, 12 in outdoor track and 11 in cross country) are more than any coach in any sport in the history of college athletics. The next highest is 27 by Pat Henry, former LSU and current track coach at Texas A&M University.
McDonnell also won five national triple crowns. (in 1984-85, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1994-95 and 1998-99) Texas-El Paso has won three national triple crowns. No other school has ever won one.
In addition, McDonnell team and individual achievements include[1]:
* 20 conference triple crowns since 1982, including eight straight between 1987 and 1995
* 25 consecutive conference titles in cross country with indoor track and outdoor track combined from 1987 to 1995
* 73 conference championships in the last 77 events Arkansas has entered since 1981-1982
* 84 conference championships overall since 1974 including 38 in the SWC and 46 in the SEC (out of a possible 50, or 90 percent)
* 12 consecutive NCAA indoor track championships (1984-1995)
* coached 185 track All-Americans, earning 652 separate All-America honors
* 34 consecutive league cross country championships, including 17 straight in the SEC (1974-2007)[1]
* 54 individual national champions
* 23 Olympians coached spanning three decades and six different Olympic Games including gold, silver and bronze medalists
* his 1994 indoor track squad won the national championship by the widest margins in the history of the sport as well as scored the most points (94) in the history of the NCAA event
* his 1994 squad scored a meet record 223 points at the SEC Outdoor Championships
* has been named national, regional or conference coach of the year a total of 140 times
* has coached 23 Olympians, including gold, silver and bronze medalists, 105 NCAA individual event champions and 331 individual event conference champions
This post was edited on 6/6/10 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 6/6/10 at 12:47 pm to SPEEDY
As a coach I love hearing about how John Wooden lived his life. Simplicity in possessions, but rich in spirit. He loved his family and players from day one until the day he left the world. God bless him (like he'll need it, he's getting a team together in heaven right now)
Posted on 6/6/10 at 1:12 pm to SPEEDY
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McDonnell
Holy smizoly!
Posted on 6/6/10 at 7:12 pm to ToesOnTheNose213
I'm bumbing this thread because this man deserves it. 
Posted on 6/7/10 at 6:33 am to LSUlefty
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Sam Gilbert was to John Wooden what World Wide Wes is to John Calipari.
Talent "provider".
"Coach never talked about winning, ever," "His theory was that you get the guys in shape, you teach 'em the fundamentals and then you get 'em to play together"
Posted on 6/7/10 at 9:40 am to SPEEDY
Greatest coach ever is Rudy Tomjanovich FTR
Posted on 6/7/10 at 10:25 am to LSUlefty
I havent read the thread but John Wooden based on number alone is the greatist coach in college basketball history, Hands down. If he was a jerk he would be the greatist coach in college basketball history.
That being said, he was so much more. A great man who not only taught his team the game the way its SUPPOSED to be played, he taught young men how to live.
Simply put the GOAT. End of discussion.
That being said, he was so much more. A great man who not only taught his team the game the way its SUPPOSED to be played, he taught young men how to live.
Simply put the GOAT. End of discussion.
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