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'Morgan Wootten' (born Morgan Bayard Wootten, April 21, 1931 in Durham, North Carolina, United States) is a former high school basketball coach. From 1956 to 2002 he coached at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. The coach with the most wins in high school basketball history, a number of his players went on to play in the NBA, including Adrian Dantley. Wootten gained legendary status in 1965, when his DeMatha team beat Lew Alcindor's Power Memorial Academy and ended their 71-game winning streak.
In October 2000, he was elected into the Hall of Fame, the only high school Basketball coach inducted.
At the end of Wootten's career, he ranked eighth place in the nation in the USA TODAY Magazine, with 1,274 winning games and 192 lost. He was the third high school coach to ever be added to any Hall of Fame.
In 1996, Wootten nearly died because of a malfunctioning liver and was quickly rushed to the hospital for a liver transplant, he survived and was healthy a week later. When he was 75 years old, one of Wootten's kidneys died and received a kidney transplant, using his son, Joe Wootten's, kidney.
★ Basketball Hall of Fame
★ List of members of the Basketball Hall of Fame
★ Hall of Fame profile
★ ''Catholic Herald'': Wooten vs. Wooten: All in the Family.
★ ''USA Today'': Winningest prep basketball coach Wootten retires.
'Morgan Wootten' (born Morgan Bayard Wootten, April 21, 1931 in Durham, North Carolina, United States) is a former high school basketball coach. From 1956 to 2002 he coached at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. The coach with the most wins in high school basketball history, a number of his players went on to play in the NBA, including Adrian Dantley. Wootten gained legendary status in 1965, when his DeMatha team beat Lew Alcindor's Power Memorial Academy and ended their 71-game winning streak.
In October 2000, he was elected into the Hall of Fame, the only high school Basketball coach inducted.
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| Statistics |
| Later Life |
| See Also |
| References |
Statistics
At the end of Wootten's career, he ranked eighth place in the nation in the USA TODAY Magazine, with 1,274 winning games and 192 lost. He was the third high school coach to ever be added to any Hall of Fame.
Later Life
In 1996, Wootten nearly died because of a malfunctioning liver and was quickly rushed to the hospital for a liver transplant, he survived and was healthy a week later. When he was 75 years old, one of Wootten's kidneys died and received a kidney transplant, using his son, Joe Wootten's, kidney.
See Also
★ Basketball Hall of Fame
★ List of members of the Basketball Hall of Fame
References
★ Hall of Fame profile
★ ''Catholic Herald'': Wooten vs. Wooten: All in the Family.
★ ''USA Today'': Winningest prep basketball coach Wootten retires.
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