![]() ![]() Knight ended his career with a record of 902-371. After a season away from the game, he returned to the sidelines as the head coach at Texas Tech, where he coached parts of seven seasons before retiring during the 2007-2008 season, at which point his son Pat took over the program. “The General” led the Hoosiers to three national championships (1976, 1981, 1987) before famously being dismissed by the university just ahead of the 2000-2001 season. Wooden retired following the 1974-1975 season, which ended with UCLA winning their 10th title, with a career record of 664-162.Īs for Bob Knight, he spent six seasons as the head coach at Army before taking the job at Indiana, where he spent 29 seasons. He immediately turned around the faltering program and went on to coach the Bruins for 27 seasons, winning 10 national championships in 12 years from 1964 to 1975, including seven in a row from 1967 to 1973. Wooden began his Division I coaching career in 1946 at Indiana State, where he also served as the coach of the baseball team and the athletic director, and coached the Sycamores for two seasons before accepting the head coaching job at UCLA ahead of the 1948-1949 season. With a combined 71 years of experience at the Division I level, John Wooden and Bob Knight combined to win 1,566 games and 13 national championships. John Wooden and Bob Knight combined for 1,566 wins and 13 national championships (L-R) Bob Knight John Wooden | Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Jed Jacobsohn /Allsport Since the program was first established in 1919, UCLA has won an NCAA-record 11 national championships with 10 of those coming in a 12-year span under legendary head coach John Wooden, including seven in a row, obviously also a record.īut while Wooden, who passed away in 2010 at the age of 99, was beloved by many, there’s at least one person who wasn’t a fan of “The Wizard of Westwood,” that being none other than fellow NCAA title-winning coach Bob Knight, who had an issue with how UCLA recruited players during their glory days. ![]() No program in men’s college basketball history has seen more success than that of the UCLA Bruins. ![]()
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