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.[1]
Johns played four years basketball at UCLA, graduating in 1925.[2]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| UCLA (1939–1948) | |||||||||
| 1939–40 | UCLA | 8-17 | 3-9 | 4 (South) | |||||
| 1940–41 | UCLA | 6-20 | 2-10 | 4 (South) | |||||
| 1941–42 | UCLA | 5-18 | 2-10 | 4 (South) | |||||
| 1942–43 | UCLA | 14-7 | 4-4 | 2 (South) | |||||
| 1943–44 | UCLA | 10-10 | 3-3 | 2 (South) | |||||
| 1944–45 | UCLA | 12-12 | 3-1 | 1 (South) | |||||
| 1945–46 | UCLA | 8-16 | 5-7 | 3 (South) | |||||
| 1946–47 | UCLA | 18-7 | 9-3 | 1 (South) | |||||
| 1947–48 | UCLA | 12-13 | 3-9 | 3 (South) | |||||
| UCLA: | 93-120 | 34-56 | |||||||
| Total: | 93-120 | ||||||||
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National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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