John Wooden: podcast appearances and interviews

John Robert Wooden was an American basketball coach and player, widely regarded as one of the most respected figures in the history of sports. He served as the head coach for the UCLA Bruins, where he achieved a remarkable record of winning ten NCAA national championships within a 12-year period, including seven consecutive titles, and overseeing an NCAA men's basketball record 88 consecutive wins. Wooden's teams also earned him a record seven Henry Iba Award as national coach of the year and five Associated Press awards. As a player at Purdue University, Wooden was a five-foot-ten-inch guard and the first college basketball player to be named an All-American three times. The 1932 Purdue team he played on was retroactively recognized as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and as the top-ranked team by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. Wooden also played professionally in the NBL and was the first person inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame both as a player and as a coach. Known for his leadership and motivational style, Wooden was admired by many of his former players including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton. He developed the