The UPI College Basketball Coach of the Year was an annual basketball award given to the best men's basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition. The award was first given following the 1951–5
Ken Loeffler, La Salle, 1952 and 1954
Frank McGuire, North Carolina, 1957
Pete Newell, California, 1960
Al McGuire, Marquette, 1971
John Wooden
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John Robert Wooden was an American basketball coach and player. Nicknamed "the Wizard of Westwood", he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association national championships in a 12-year period as he
UPI College Basketball Coach of the Year
…1990s primarily due to its ongoing financial decline, bankruptcy, and restructuring. UCLA claimed the most all-time winners with six (all of whom were John Wooden), followed by San Francisco with three. Five additional schools claimed two winners apiece. Wooden garnered the most UPI Coach of the Year awards. Seven…
Wooden, c. 1972
Wooden at Purdue
The plaque in the Dayton (KY) High School gymnasium
Wooden with assistant coach Bill Putnam and trainer Ducky Drake, c. 1958