John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was a former American college basketball player and Hall of Fame Head coach. Nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood", he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period — seven in a row[2] — as head coach at UCLA, an unprecedented feat.[3][4] Within this period, his teams won a record 88 consecutive games.[2] He was named national coach of the year six times.