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American basketball coach and administrator (1903–1967)

Wilbur Johns
Biographical details
Johns in 1960
Born	(1903-12-08)December 8, 1903 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	July 14, 1967(1967-07-14) (aged 63) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Playing career
1921–1925	Southern Branch

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1939–1948	UCLA

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1947–1963	UCLA

Head coaching record
Overall	93–120
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 PCC (1945, 1947)

Wilbur Johns (December 8, 1903 – July 14, 1967) was an American men's college basketball coach and athletics administrator. He was the head basketball coach at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), prior to John Wooden, serving from 1939 to 1948, and guiding the UCLA Bruins to a 93–120 record in nine seasons. Johns was also the school's athletic director following from 1947 to 1963. He is a 1985 inductee to the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. He died at his home at age 63 on July 14, 1967.

Johns played four years basketball at UCLA, graduating in 1925.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
UCLA Bruins (Pacific Coast Conference) (1939–1948)
1939–40	UCLA	8–17	3–9	4th (South)
1940–41	UCLA	6–20	2–10	4th (South)
1941–42	UCLA	5–18	2–10	4th (South)
1942–43	UCLA	14–7	4–4	2nd (South)
1943–44	UCLA	10–10	3–3	2nd (South)
1944–45	UCLA	12–12	3–1	1st (South)
1945–46	UCLA	8–16	5–7	3rd (South)
1946–47	UCLA	18–7	9–3	1st (South)
1947–48	UCLA	12–13	3–9	3rd (South)
UCLA:		93–120	34–56
Total:		93–120
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

General

"Wilbur Johns Coaching Record". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 30, 2012.

Specific

"Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive". News.google.com. July 16, 1967. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
"Wilbur Johns Will Retire From UCLA". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. February 9, 1963. p. 11. Retrieved March 30, 2011.

v t e UCLA Bruins men's basketball head coaches
Fred Cozens (1919–1921) Caddy Works (1921–1939) Wilbur Johns (1939–1948) John Wooden (1948–1975) Gene Bartow (1975–1977) Gary Cunningham (1977–1979) Larry Brown (1979–1981) Larry Farmer (1981–1984) Walt Hazzard (1984–1988) Jim Harrick (1988–1996) Steve Lavin (1996–2003) Ben Howland (2003–2013) Steve Alford (2013–2018) Murry Bartow # (2018–2019) Mick Cronin (2019– ) # denotes interim head coach

UCLA Bruins men's basketball head coaches

Fred Cozens (1919–1921)
Caddy Works (1921–1939)
Wilbur Johns (1939–1948)
John Wooden (1948–1975)
Gene Bartow (1975–1977)
Gary Cunningham (1977–1979)
Larry Brown (1979–1981)
Larry Farmer (1981–1984)
Walt Hazzard (1984–1988)
Jim Harrick (1988–1996)
Steve Lavin (1996–2003)
Ben Howland (2003–2013)
Steve Alford (2013–2018)
Murry Bartow # (2018–2019)
Mick Cronin (2019– )

# denotes interim head coach

v t e UCLA Bruins athletic directors
Fred Cozens (1919–1938) William H. Spaulding (1938–1947) Wilbur Johns (1947–1963) J. D. Morgan (1963–1979) Bob Fischer (1979–1983) Peter Dalis (1983–2002) Dan Guerrero (2002–2020) Martin Jarmond (2020–present)

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