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Dec 08, 1903 Los Angeles, California, United States Died on 15 Jul 1967 (aged 63)
American basketball player and coach, college athletic administrator
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About Wilbur Johns
- 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.
