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Morgan Wootten coached an amazing 1,274 wins during his tenure as Head
Basketball Coach at DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, MD. His career
winning percentage of .869 is the highest winning percentage of any coach
with more than 500 wins in the history of organized sport. The prestigious
Naismith Foundation has named Morgan Wootten the #1 Prep Coach of the
20th Century. And, on October 13, 2000, Morgan Wootten was inducted into
the National Basketball Hall of Fame. Click here to see his year-by-year won-loss records as Head Basketball Coach for
nearly a half-century at DeMatha Catholic High School.
- Enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, Class of 2000
- Received Naismith Award as the outstanding male prep coach of
the twentieth century
- With almost 1,300 wins and a winning percentage of 87%, he is
considered to he the winningest coach in basketball history
- Has helped over 250 student-athletes receive a full college scholarship
- Teams have been selected national champs five times. won over
100 major titles, and been voted #1 in the Washing-ton. DC area 23 times
- National Coach of the Year four times and Coach of the Year in
the Washington, DC area ten different years
- 1991 recipient of the John W. Bunn Award presented by the. Naismith
Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Initial recipient of the Disney Award as the top sports coach
in all of the United States
- Chairman of the selection committee to pick the McDonald's All-American
team
- Heavily in demand as a clinician and teacher, he has spoken on
five continents, in numerous foreign countries as well as most states
in the USA.
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"People say Morgan Wootten is the best high school basketball coach in the country. I disagree. I know of no finer coach at tany level-high school, college, or pro. I've said it elsewhere and I'll say it here: I stand in awe of him"
-John Wooden - Head Basketball Coach, UCLA (1949-75)
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