Date
8-2017
Department
School of Health Sciences
Degree
Master of Science in Sport Management (MS)
Chair
Chrystal D Porter
Keywords
Basketball Coaching, Leadership, Pyramid of Success, Teaching
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Sports Sciences
Recommended Citation
Waters, Drew, "The Leadership of John Wooden" (2017). Masters Theses. 465.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/masters/465
Abstract
John Wooden, former coach of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) men’s basketball team, has won twice as many championships as the next most successful men’s collegiate basketball coach. This paper will examine the methods he used in his coaching, his leadership style, and how it compares with various leadership styles of other famous coaches and leaders, and other possible factors which may have led to his achieving such a high level of success. A thorough review of a wide variety of literature has been incorporated in the thesis, as well as a study comparing Wooden’s leadership style with those of some well-known leaders in sport, business, military, and government
