Martinsville High School

Martinsville, Indiana, is where John Wooden plays high school basketball and meets his future wife, Nellie.

Purdue University

John Wooden attends college and plays basketball at Purdue University, a Big Ten team.

Dayton High School

Wooden goes to work at Dayton High School (Dayton, Ohio) fresh out of college. He has numerous duties, including coaching and teaching an English class.

South Bend High School

Wooden coached at this South Bend, Indiana school. His family was happy to return to Indiana to live after having lived in Dayton.

Indiana State University

Wooden's first college coaching jot was at Indiana State University. He took the job a year after returning from his service in World War II.

University of California at Los Angeles

Wooden accepts the coaching job at UCLA by default, when the representative from the job he really wanted did not phone as scheduled. He...