Coach John Wooden\'s teams won 10 NCAA mens basketball championships at UCLA and Sporting News magazine named him the Greatest Coach of all time.
Wooden is in the Bask.
From 1948 to 1975, his UCLA Bruins teams claimed 10 NCAA national championships, including seven in a row, and at one time won 88 consecutive games.
During that time, his teams won more than 80 percent of their games.
John Wooden was a high school and college Coach for forty years.
Through this shared passion for athletics and faith, lives are changed for current and future generations.
Reaching over two million people annually on the professional, college, high school, junior high, and youth levels, FCA has grown into one of the largest sports ministries.
FCA is cultivating Christian principles in communities throughout the world by encouraging, equipping, and empowering others to serve as examples and to make a difference.
I like that"--John Wooden, May 21 2010About the Author: Since 1954, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes has challenged Athletes and coaches to impact the world for Jesus Christ. "I am happy being remembered as a man of integrity.
He was eager to see that this book points to the one whom he calls the Greatest Coach ever.
Coach Wooden appreciated the tributes and the honor of being called the Greatest Coach ever, but felt uncomfortable with the title.
Their stories can challenge and change your life, too.
In The Greatest Coach Ever, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes features forty tributes from athletes, coaches, and other influential leaders like Bobby Bowden, Tom Osborne, Sue Semrau, Tony Dungy, Mike Singletary, Tamika Catchings, Joe Girardi, Jim Tressel, and David Robinson, paying honor to Coach Wooden and reflecting on how his example has challenged and changed them.
Yet decades after he retired and now after his passing, his wisdom, capsulated so clearly in his famous Pyramid of Success, continues to guide new generations of athletes, coaches, and people of all walks of life.
Coach John Wooden\'s teams won 10 NCAA mens basketball championships at UCLA and Sporting News magazine named him the Greatest Coach of all time
