“The Pyramid of Success” is a nod to the late, legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden who also coached basketball and served as athletic director at South Bend Central High Schoo ...

Bill Plaschke can never write a better column than his piece about Cori Close and John Wooden. Nor can anyone else. Great column by Bill Plaschke on how Cori Close was mentored by John Wooden.

John Wooden seemingly did it all ... No coach left a blueprint as revered as Wooden's. His 15-step Pyramid of Success is a fixture in locker rooms, offices and boardrooms across the nation.

asked John Wooden, pointing to where she was standing ... For 17 years, Wooden hoisted Close on a climb through her own personal pyramid of success, first as a UCLA assistant, then UC Santa ...

It was at Purdue where Wooden cultivated the principles he would refine into his Pyramid of Success, a blueprint ... reflect on the enduring influence of John Wooden. As the Bruins take the ...