Reading List

I am reading a new biography of Coach John Wooden.  The three greatest basketball coaches of all-time are Wooden, Red Auerbach, and Phil Jackson.  After this I will reread McCullough's bio of Truman, the best political biography ever.

Wooden came from a small town in Indiana.  He grew up with no indoor plumbing.  He was most influenced by his father.  He grew up in the Hoosier State at a time when basketball was taking over high school sports in the state.  He was also a baseball player and could have given professional baseball a try but he chose basketball.  He was a great All-American at Purdue and starting coaching at a small school in Indiana while also being an English teacher.  He loved poetry and aphorisms all his life.

His is quite a life story.