Wilbur Johns | |
Birth Date: | 8 December 1903 |
Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1921–1925 |
Player Team1: | Southern Branch |
Coach Years1: | 1939–1948 |
Coach Team1: | UCLA |
Admin Years1: | 1947–1963 |
Admin Team1: | UCLA |
Overall Record: | 93–120 |
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.[1]
Johns played four years basketball at UCLA, graduating in 1925.[2]