Morgan Wootten Quotes


Evaluate wins and losses objectively, focusing more on effort and execution than on the outcome of the game


Citations

Wootten, Morgan, and Joe Wootten. Coaching Basketball Successfully. 3rd ed., Human Kinetics, 2012, p. 25.

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  • Born: April 21, 1931
  • Died: January 21, 2020
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Coach

Morgan Bayard Wootten was an American high school basketball coach for 46 seasons at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. He led the Stags to five national championships and 33 Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) titles. In 2000, he was the third high school coach to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the first high school only coach to be inducted.