Morgan Wootten
Sport(s) | Basketball |
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Biographical details | |
Born | Durham, North Carolina |
April 21, 1931
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1956–2002 | DeMatha Catholic High School |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 1274–192 (.869) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
5x High School National Championships (1962, 1965, 1968, 1978, 1984) 22x Washington, DC Championships (1961–1966, 1968, 1970–1973, 1978, 1979, 1981–1984, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1998, 2002) 33x WCAC Championships (1961–1968, 1970–1976, 1978–1985, 1987, 1988, 1990–1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002) |
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Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2000 |
Morgan Bayard Wootten (born April 21, 1931, Durham, North Carolina) is an American former high school basketball coach. From 1956 to 2002, he coached at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. He has the second most wins as a head coach in the history of basketball on any level, behind Robert Hughes.[1] A number of his players went on to play in the NBA, including Adrian Dantley and Danny Ferry. Wootten gained legendary status in 1965, when his DeMatha team beat Lew Alcindor's Power Memorial Academy and ended their 71-game winning streak. His career coaching record stands at 1,274-192. As the head coach of DeMatha basketball, Wootten won 5 High School National Championships, 22 Washington, DC Championships, and 33 Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championships.
Former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden (1910–2010) described his admiration for Wootten when he said, "I know of no finer coach at any level – high school, college or pro. I stand in awe of him."[2] On October 13, 2000, Coach Wootten was inducted into the Hall of Fame, one of three high school basketball coaches ever so honored. His overall record at the time was 1,210 wins and 183 losses.[3]
Wootten attended Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring before moving on to University of Maryland. During his coaching career at DeMatha, located just two miles away from his alma mater, he received job offers from North Carolina State,[4] Georgetown and American and interest from Duke, Wake Forest, and Virginia. Wootten turned down the offers, according to Sports Illustrated, because the Maryland job, which was not forthcoming, was the only college job he wanted.[5]
Contents
Head coaching record
Season-By-Season Records Under Wootten
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Dematha Stags (Washington Catholic Athletic Conference) (1956–2002) | |||||||||
1956-57 | DeMatha | 22-10 | |||||||
1957-58 | DeMatha | 17-11 | |||||||
1958-59 | DeMatha | 23–10 | |||||||
1959-60 | DeMatha | 23-10 | |||||||
1960-61 | DeMatha | 27-1 | 1st | Ranked 1st in D.C. Area | |||||
1961-1962 | DeMatha | 29-3 | 1st | High School National Champions | |||||
1962-63 | DeMatha | 36-4 | 1st | Ranked 1st in D.C. Area | |||||
1963-64 | DeMatha | 27-2 | 1st | Ranked 1st in D.C. Area | |||||
1964-65 | DeMatha | 28-1 | 1st | High School National Champions | |||||
1965-66 | DeMatha | 28-1 | 1st | Ranked 1st in D.C. Area | |||||
1966-67 | DeMatha | 26-5 | 1st | ||||||
1967-68 | DeMatha | 27-1 | 1st | High School National Champions | |||||
1968-69 | DeMatha | 27-3 | |||||||
1969-70 | DeMatha | 28-3 | 1st | Ranked 1st in D.C. Area | |||||
1970-71 | DeMatha | 29-2 | 1st | Ranked 1st in D.C. Area | |||||
1971-72 | DeMatha | 30-1 | 1st | Ranked 1st in D.C. Area | |||||
1972-73 | DeMatha | 30-1 | 1st | Ranked 1st in D.C. Area | |||||
1973-74 | DeMatha | 27-5 | 1st | ||||||
1974-75 | DeMatha | 26-5 | 1st | ||||||
1975-76 | DeMatha | 28-5 | 1st | ||||||
1976-77 | DeMatha | 29-4 | |||||||
1977-78 | DeMatha | 28-0 | 1st | High School National Champions | |||||
1978-79 | DeMatha | 28-3 | 1st | Ranked 1st in D.C. Area | |||||
1979-80 | DeMatha | 27-4 | 1st | ||||||
1980-81 | DeMatha | 28-2 | 1st | Ranked 1st in D.C. Area | |||||
1981-82 | DeMatha | 28-3 | 1st | Ranked 1st in D.C. Area | |||||
1982-83 | DeMatha | 27-4 | 1st | Ranked 1st in D.C. Area | |||||
1983-84 | DeMatha | 29-2 | 1st | High School National Champions | |||||
1984-85 | DeMatha | 31-3 | 1st | ||||||
1985-86 | DeMatha | 26-7 | |||||||
1986-87 | DeMatha | 28-6 | 1st | ||||||
1987-88 | DeMatha | 30-3 | 1st | Ranked 1st in D.C. Area | |||||
1988-89 | DeMatha | 27-5 | |||||||
1989-90 | DeMatha | 26-8 | 1st | ||||||
1990-91 | DeMatha | 30-0 | 1st | Ranked 1st in D.C. Area | |||||
1991-92 | DeMatha | 31-2 | 1st | ||||||
1992-93 | DeMatha | 20-10 | |||||||
1993-94 | DeMatha | 28-4 | 1st | Ranked 1st in D.C. Area | |||||
1994-95 | DeMatha | 26-7 | |||||||
1995-96 | DeMatha | 31-5 | 1st | ||||||
1996-97 | DeMatha | 27-7 | |||||||
1997-98 | DeMatha | 34-1 | 1st | Ranked 1st in D.C. Area | |||||
1998-99 | DeMatha | 28-4 | |||||||
1999-00 | DeMatha | 28-5 | |||||||
2000-01 | DeMatha | 29-6 | 1st | ||||||
2001-02 | DeMatha | 32-3 | 1st | Ranked 1st in D.C. Area | |||||
Total: | 1274-192(.869) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
Personal Life
Wootten resides in University Park, Maryland with his wife, Kathy, who he has been married to since 1964. He has five children, Cathy, Carol, Tricia, Brendan, and Joe, and 14 grandchildren.
In 1996, Wootten nearly died because of a malfunctioning liver and was quickly rushed to the hospital for a liver transplant. Several years later, aged 75, one of his kidneys failed, and he received a transplant; the donor was his son, Joe Wootten.[citation needed]
Wootten has written five books (including A Coach for All Seasons, Coaching Basketball Successfully, and From Orphans to Champions). His youngest son, Joe Wootten, follows his lead and is a successful basketball coach at Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington, Virginia. They both lead one of the largest camps in the US, Coach Wootten's Basketball Camp, held in Frostburg, Maryland at Frostburg State University and at Bishop O'Connell High School.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ↑ NFHS Record Book
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- ↑ 30 for 30: Survive and Advance, Jonathon Hock, ESPN 2013, television.
- ↑ The Wizard Of Washington; Morgan Wootten's name is similar to John Wooden's, and so is his record as a basketball coach. In his 23 seasons at DeMatha High School he has triumphed 88% of the time, Sports Illustrated, January 29, 1977.
- Articles with unsourced statements from June 2010
- 1931 births
- Living people
- American basketball coaches
- High school basketball coaches in the United States
- High school football coaches in the United States
- Montgomery College alumni
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
- Sportspeople from Durham, North Carolina
- University of Maryland, College Park alumni