Morgan Wootten, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American basketball coach
Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1931
Place of Birth: Durham, North Carolina, United States
Profession: basketball coach
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Morgan Wootten
- Morgan Bayard Wootten (born April 21, 1931) is an American former high school basketball coach.
- From 1956 to 2002, he coached at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland.
- He has the second most wins as a head coach in the history of basketball on any level, behind Robert Hughes.
- A number of his players went on to play in the NBA, including Adrian Dantley and Danny Ferry.
- Wootten gained legendary status in 1965, when his DeMatha team beat Lew Alcindor's Power Memorial Academy and ended its 71-game winning streak.
- His career coaching record stands at 1,274-192.
- As the head coach of DeMatha basketball, Wootten won 5 High School National Championships, 22 Washington, D.C.
- Championships, and 33 Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championships. Former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden (1910–2010) described his admiration for Wootten when he said, "I know of no finer coach at any level – high school, college or pro.
- I stand in awe of him." On October 13, 2000, Coach Wootten was inducted into the Hall of Fame, one of three high school basketball coaches so honored.
- His overall record at the time was 1,210 wins and 183 losses.Wootten attended Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C.
- before leaving the area.
- He later returned to attend Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring before moving on to University of Maryland.
- During his coaching career at DeMatha, located just two miles (3 km) away from his alma mater, he received job offers from North Carolina State, Georgetown, and American, as well as interest from Duke, Wake Forest, and Virginia.
- Wootten turned down the offers, according to Sports Illustrated, because the Maryland job, which was not forthcoming, was the only college job he wanted.
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