R.I.P. Morgan Wootten

[MChambers]

He was one of the great basketball coaches and by all accounts a tremendous human being.

Here's an obituary: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...455_story.html

Here's a summary of his coaching accomplishments: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...cy-by-numbers/

[TKG]

A legend! Other than Danny Ferry and Mike Brey, did Mr. Wooten send anyone else our way?

[MChambers]

Nice piece by John Feinstein: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...b3a_story.html

[jimsumner]

A legend! Other than Danny Ferry and Mike Brey, did Mr. Wooten send anyone else our way?

Kenny Blakeney. Joe Kennedy from the Bubas era.

[chrishoke]

All time great coach and a lovely man. My eight year old son and I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Wooten at our hotel when we were in College Park Maryland for a Duke football game - in 1996 I think. He could not have been nicer or more gracious. RIP.

[weezie]

A lovely man and a great, honorable competitor. I shook his hand at one of the camps he ran at Mt. St. Mary's when my son attended.

A true gentleman. Godspeed Coach!

[Edouble]

Nice piece by John Feinstein: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...b3a_story.html

Good article and nice to see our own Quinn Cook in the third photo down, which is is captioned "Wootten watches his players celebrate a WCAC championship".

Morgan Wooten retired in 2002. Quinn Cook (High School class of 2011) played at DeMatha 2008-2010 before transferring to Oak Hill.

So FWIW, I believe that photo is miscaptioned and it is simply of Wooten attending, but not coaching, the 2009, 2010, or 2011 WCAC championship game.

[MChambers]

In 1997, Wooten wrote a book about his career and related things, A Coach For All Seasons. He then appeared on a radio show on an NPR station here in DC to discuss it. It was a nice interview. I remember he said something like "People always ask me: did you have a good year? I tell them it's too early to tell. Ask me in 20 years when we know how the players turned out."

Just an amazing guy.

[chrishoke]

Nice piece by John Feinstein: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...b3a_story.html

Fabulous article, thanks for posting. It's a must read!

[Truth&Justise]

Nice piece by John Feinstein: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...b3a_story.html

Feinstein also wrote a book about Red Auerbach, called Let me Tell You a Story, that centers around the stories Auerbach would tell at his weekly lunch with a group of old basketball buddies.

Wooten was an attendee at those lunches, and in fact Wooten was the one to get Feinstein invited in the first place. What I wouldn't give to be a fly on the wall, listening to Auerbach and Wooten discuss basketball.

[mkirsh]

I hate to be that guy, but it’s Wootten. Two Os and two Ts.

[pigskindevil]

grew up in fairfax county. mom was a teacher at robinson high school and i got to see dematha and coach wootten lots of times when i was growing up. what a legend

[jimmymax]

I hate to be that guy, but it’s Wootten. Two Os and two Ts.

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