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 5× 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]