The championship winning 1994–95 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won the first title since the retirement of which headcoach nicknamed Wizard of Westwood?
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1994–95 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team The 1994–95 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won the 1995 National Championship by beating Arkansas 89–78 for the school's 11th title. It was the first title since the 1975 Championship and since the retirement of head coach John Wooden.
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John Wooden John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball player and head coach at the University of California at Los Angeles. Nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood," he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period as head coach at UCLA, including a record seven in a row. No other team has won more than two in a row. Within this period, his teams won an NCAA men's basketball record 88 consecutive games. Wooden was named national coach of the year six times. He also won a Helms national championship at Purdue as a player 1931–1932 for a total of 11 national titles, a feat matched only by Geno Auriemma of NCAA women's basketball.
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Fred Snowden Frederick Snowden (c. 1936 – January 17, 1994) was an American businessman and men's basketball coach at the University of Arizona. Nicknamed "The Fox" for his cool demeanor, he was the first African-American head coach at a major university. Following his coaching career Snowden became an executive with Baskin-Robbins and the Food 4 Less foundation.
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Phog Allen Forrest Clare "Phog" Allen (November 18, 1885 – September 16, 1974) was an American basketball and baseball player, coach of American football, basketball, and baseball, college athletics administrator, and osteopathic physician. Known as the "Father of Basketball Coaching," he served as the head basketball coach at Baker University (1905–1908), the University of Kansas (1907–1909, 1919–1956), Haskell Institute—now Haskell Indian Nations University (1908–1909), and Warrensburg Teachers College—now the University of Central Missouri (1912–1919), compiling a career college basketball record of 746–264. In his 39 seasons at the helm of the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball program, his teams won 24 conference championships and three national titles. The Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively recognized Allen's 1921–22 and 1922–23 Kansas teams as national champions. Allen's 1951–52 squad won the 1952 NCAA Tournament and his Jayhawks were runners-up in the NCAA Tournament in 1940 and 1953. His 590 wins are the most of any coach in the storied history of the Kansas basketball program.
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1930 UCLA Bruins football team The 1930 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1930 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Bruins compiled a 3–5 record (1–4 conference) and finished in a tie for eighth place in the Pacific Coast Conference.
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Wilbur Johns Wilbur Johns (December 8, 1903 – July 14, 1967) was a men's college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) prior to John Wooden from 1939 to 1948, guiding them to a 93-120 record. He became the school's athletic director following his head coaching tenure. He is a 1985 inductee to the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. He died at his home at age 63 on July 14, 1967.
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1964–65 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team The 1964–65 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won its second NCAA National Basketball Championship under head coach John R. Wooden.
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Norm Sloan Norman Lesley Sloan, Jr. (June 25, 1926 – December 9, 2003), nicknamed "Stormin' Norman," was an American college basketball player and coach. Sloan was a native of Indiana and played college basketball and football at North Carolina State University. He began a long career as a basketball coach months after graduating from college in 1951, and he was the men's basketball head coach at Presbyterian College, The Citadel, North Carolina State University, and two stints as at the University of Florida. Over a career that spanned thirty-eight seasons, Sloan was named conference coach of the year five times and won the 1974 national championship at North Carolina State, his alma mater.
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Ralph Vaughn Ralph Lincoln Vaughn (February 12, 1918 – June 8, 1998) was an American basketball player for the Southern California Trojans. He led the Pacific Coast Conference in scoring his senior season of 1939–40 at 15.0 points per game (180 in conference play) in which he was named a Consensus First Team All-American. That season, Vaughn led the Sam Barry–coached team to their first ever NCAA Tournament, losing in the national semifinals. Vaughn once scored 36 points in a single game against UCLA, which was a conference record that stood for 21 years.
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1939 UCLA Bruins football team The 1939 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1939 college football season. In their first year under head coach Babe Horrell, the Bruins compiled a 6–0–4 record (5–0–3 conference), finished in second place in the Pacific Coast Conference, played #3-ranked USC to a scoreless tie, and were ranked #7 in the final AP Poll.
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1983 UCLA Bruins football team The 1983 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their eighth year under head coach Terry Donahue, the Bruins compiled a 7–4–1 record (6–1–1 Pac-10), finished in first place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and were ranked #17 in the final AP Poll. The Bruins went on to defeat Illinois in the 1984 Rose Bowl.
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1983–84 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team The 1983–84 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins started the season ranked 9th in the nation (AP Poll). On January 28, the Bruins hosted #2 Depaul, losing 68-84. UCLA beat the #13 (AP Poll) Washington Huskies 73-59, on March 1 for their biggest win of the season. UCLA's team finished 4th in the Pac-10 and was unranked in the final AP and coaches polls. This was Larry Farmer's third and final year as head coach of the UCLA Bruins. The team did not qualify for the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, and declined an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament.
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Ken Trickey Kenneth Franklin Trickey Sr. (August 30, 1933 – December 4, 2012) was an American basketball coach, best known for his two stints as the head coach for the men's basketball team at Oral Roberts University (ORU) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was especially remembered for ORU's high-scoring "run and gun" teams of the early 1970s, which helped the young, small school attain national attention and competitive success, including a spot in the Elite Eight in the 1974 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. After his death in 2012, the "Tulsa World" called him "one of the most influential and colorful characters in this state’s basketball history".
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Bob Waterfield Robert Stanton Waterfield (July 26, 1920 – March 25, 1983) was an American football player and coach and motion picture actor and producer. He played quarterback for the UCLA Bruins and Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965. His No. 7 jersey was retired by the Los Angeles Rams in 1952.
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Davey Whitney David Lee Whitney Sr. (January 8, 1930 – May 10, 2015), also known as "The Wiz", was an American college basketball coach and the head basketball coach at Texas Southern University from 1964 to 1969 and Alcorn State University from 1969 to 1989 and 1996 to 2003. He amassed a total record of 566 wins and 356 losses in 33 years of coaching at these institutions.
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Francis Stadsvold Francis Herbert "Dobie" Stadsvold (September 22, 1891 – December 7, 1965) was an American college basketball player and coach. As a forward for the Minnesota Golden Gophers between 1913–14 and 1916–17, he was named a consensus All-American in 1916–17. Just several years later, Stadsvold was named the head coach for West Virginia University's men's basketball team. He led the Mountaineers from 1919–20 through 1932–33 and compiled an overall record of 149–133.
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Al Hairston Alan Leroy "Al" Hairston (born December 11, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player and a college and high school head coach. His high school career has garnered him multiple league, district and state championships, as well as numerous individual awards.
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Lee Winfield Leroy "Lee" Winfield (February 4, 1947 – February 4, 2011) was an American professional basketball player.
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John Vallely John Vallely (born October 3, 1948) is a retired American basketball player from Balboa Island, Newport Beach, California. He played for the UCLA Bruins and in the National Basketball Association.
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2014–15 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team The 2014–15 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins were led by second-year head coach Steve Alford and played their home games at Pauley Pavilion as members in the Pac-12 Conference. The team featured two All-Pac-12 performers in Norman Powell and Kevon Looney. Although the freshman Looney was seen as a potential NBA lottery pick, the senior Powell became the Bruins' most consistent performer. After numerous non-conference losses to start the season, UCLA finished in fourth place (11–7) in the Pac-12. They earned a No. 11 seed in the NCAA tournament, and advanced to the Sweet 16, becoming the lowest-seed UCLA team to ever reach the regional semifinals. The program produced its 49th 20-win season.
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Tyus Edney Tyus Dwayne Edney (born February 14, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach at UCLA. Listed at 5 ft , he was the point guard for UCLA from 1991 to 1995, leading the Bruins to the 1995 NCAA National Championship. His game-winning shot for UCLA in the 2nd Round of the 1995 NCAA Men's Championship is considered to be one of the most famous plays in NCAA Tournament history. An All-EuroLeague First Team selection twice, he led Žalgiris Kaunas to the 1999 EuroLeague title.
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Trevor Wilson (basketball) Trevor Wilson (born March 16, 1968) is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'7" (210 cm), 210 lb (95 kg) forward, he played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. Wilson played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1990 to 1995 with the Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Lakers, Sacramento Kings and Philadelphia 76ers.