Remembering a Legendary Coach

The USPS hosted a First Day of Issue Dedication Ceremony Saturday, February 24, 2024, for the new John Wooden stamp.

The event was held at the University of California, Los Angeles, and attended by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Coach Valorie Kondos Field, Jamaal Wilkes, and John Wooden’s granddaughter, Christy Impelman.

Legendary coach John Wooden (1910–2010) led the University of California, Los Angeles, Bruins to ten men’s basketball national championships. During his 1948 to 1975 tenure, the Bruins also won 88 consecutive games and achieved four perfect (30–0) seasons. 

Often considered the greatest coach in the history of American sports, Wooden was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame twice: in 1960 as a player for Purdue University in the 1930s, and in 1973 as a coach.