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The Leadership of John Wooden Drew F. Waters Liberty University The Leadership of John Wooden Drew F. Waters Liberty University June 2017 Copyright © 2017 Drew Frederik Waters All Rights Reserved The thesis of Drew Waters is approved by the Thesis Committee Dr. Chrystal Porter Adjunct Professor Department of Sport Management Liberty University Dr. Eric Cohu Adjunct Professor Department of Sport Management Liberty University Dr. Marsha Coker Adjunct Professor Department of Sport Management Liberty University 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. Keywords: leadership, coaching, teaching, Pyramid of Success, basketball Running Head: THE LEADERSHIP OF JOHN WOODEN Dedication This thesis is dedicated to my family, specifically my beautiful wife and our three wonderful boys, who allowed me the time to complete this project to the best of my abilities. ii THE LEADERSHIP OF JOHN WOODEN Table of Contents Dedication ........................................................................................................................... ii List of Tables ...................................................................................................................... v List of Abbreviations ......................................................................................................... vi CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 1 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW ..................................................................... 6 Leadership ............................................................................................................... 6 Teaching and Learning ......................................................................................... 10 Preparation ............................................................................................................ 16 Stability ................................................................................................................. 18 Definition of Success ............................................................................................ 19 CHAPTER THREE: METHOD ....................................................................................... 25 Method .................................................................................................................. 25 Design ................................................................................................................... 26 Measures ............................................................................................................... 27 Procedure .............................................................................................................. 27 CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS ......................................................................................... 29 Research Question 1 ............................................................................................. 30 Research Question 2 ............................................................................................. 31 Research Question 3 ............................................................................................. 32 iii THE LEADERSHIP OF JOHN WOODEN CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION ..................................................................................... 37 Limitations/Future Research ................................................................................. 38 Conclusion ............................................................................................................ 40 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................. 41 iv THE LEADERSHIP OF JOHN WOODEN List of Tables Table 1 .............................................................................................................................. 31 Table 2 .............................................................................................................................. 33 v THE LEADERSHIP OF JOHN WOODEN List of Abbreviations Major League Baseball (MLB) National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National Basketball Association (NBA) National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) National Football League (NFL) University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) vi THE LEADERSHIP OF JOHN WOODEN CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION Since the dawn of time, people have been placed in leadership positions over their families, teams, schools, companies, cities, kingdoms, and even countries. Men and women are dubbed leaders if they rise to the top and become the person in charge. Countless leadership seminars and conferences charge fees to attend, where the attendees take part or listen to the leadership “experts,” in order to make them better leaders themselves. Management and leadership are used interchangeably, as if they were the exact same thing. But what is leadership? Is it an abstract concept which cannot be firmly grasped? Is it a concrete notion which can be tangibly measured by data? Is someone born a natural leader, or is one molded into a leader as he or she grows and develops in life? Leadership is one of those buzzwords that often gets people stirring. If one were to ask one hundred men and women in leadership positions, they could likely get one hundred different answers on what leadership is and what it takes to be a great leader. When one thinks of famous leaders in history, the list might include Steve Jobs in technology, Warren Buffett in investing, Sigmund Freud in psychology, General Norman Schwarzkopf during Operation Desert Storm, Martin Luther King Jr. in the Civil Rights Movement, Alexander the Great in military conquest, or Winston Churchill in his motivation and defense against the Nazis during World War II. For those who are believers, and many unbelievers for that matter, Jesus Christ is considered the greatest leader the world has ever seen, but how did these famous people become the great leaders 1 THE LEADERSHIP OF JOHN WOODEN they are known as? Perhaps they had a magic formula used to make them great leaders, or maybe they attended special training to which most people are not privy. Maybe they went to some special leadership training, unknown to most of society and the world. Possibly they had a set of guidelines common for any man or woman to abide by, in their quest to become a successful leader. Sport is no different than the other interest areas mentioned earlier, when it comes to leaders. The world of sport has seen tremendous leaders emerge, throughout its history. Whether it is due to their incredible individual achievements or team efforts, in the pantheon of accomplishments in sport, some stand out above the rest. Cal Ripken Jr., former member of Major League Baseball’s (MLB) Baltimore Orioles, played in 2,632 consecutive games during his career (“Cal Ripken Jr.,” 2015). Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, former member of the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers, scored 38,387 points during his basketball career (“NBA History,” 2016). Michael Phelps, Olympic swimmer, has captured 23 gold medals and 28 overall medals, making him the most decorated Olympian in history (Walters, 2016). The Chicago Bulls of the NBA won six NBA championships in an eight-year span during the 1990s (Chicago, 2016). These are some of the tremendous examples of sustained excellence at a very high athletic level. In the coaching world, John Wooden, former men’s basketball coach at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), set the standard for achievement and success at a high level of team competition. Beginning at the high school level, Wooden (2005) compiled an impressive record of 218-42, over an 11-year period at two high schools. He then moved on to the college ranks, first at Indiana State University for two years, followed by UCLA for 27 2 THE LEADERSHIP OF JOHN WOODEN years, until he retired (Wooden & Jamison, 2005). So impressive was Wooden’s career as a coach that ESPN named him as the “Coach of the Century” (UCLA, 2013). Known as the “Wizard of Westwood,” some of Wooden’s more astounding coaching accomplishments include 10 national championships in 12 years (including seven in a row), 88 wins in a row spanning three seasons, four undefeated seasons, a record of 149-2 for home games, and a winning percentage of .813, over 40 years of coaching basketball (Wooden, 2016). While these accomplishments are incredible and may never be seen at that level again, Wooden was not the only successful coach of his time or since his final days of coaching. Thousands of coaches have come and gone, but few have seen his level of sustained success over such a long period of time. What are the reasons for his great success over decades? How was Wooden able to accomplish so much for so many years with so many different teams and players and opponents? Was it the specific methods and techniques he
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