Caddy Works Explained

Caddy Works
Birth Place:2 January 1896
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Player Sport1:Basketball
Player Years2:1916–1917
Player Team2:California
Player Years3:1919–1920
Player Team3:California
Player Sport4:Baseball
Player Years5:1921
Player Team5:Wichita Falls Spudders
Player Positions:First baseman (baseball)
Coach Sport1:Basketball
Coach Years2:1921–1939
Coach Team2:Southern Branch / UCLA
Coach Sport3:Baseball
Coach Years4:1925–1926
Coach Team4:Southern Branch
Overall Record:173–159 (basketball)
23–14 (baseball)
Championships:Basketball
SCIAC (1922, 1923, 1925–1927)

Pierce "Caddy" Works (January 2, 1896 – July 19, 1982) was an American basketball and baseball coach. He was the head basketball coach at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)—known as the Southern Branch of the University of California until 1927—for 18 seasons, from 1921 to 1939, compiling a record of 173–159. Works was also the head baseball coach at Southern Branch from 1925 to 1926, tallying a mark of 23–14.

Works was a lawyer by profession and coached the team only during the evenings. According to UCLA player and future Olympian Frank Lubin, Works was "more of an honorary coach" with little basketball knowledge.[1]

Head coaching record

Basketball

Notes and References

  1. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OralHistory/OHLubin.pdf Olympic Oral History interview with Frank Lubin, 1988; discussion of Caddy Works is on p. 4.