Coach Wooden "Keys to Life" Award

The Coach Wooden "Keys to Life" Award is presented annually to a member of the college or professional basketball community who lives out qualities exemplified by Coach John Wooden: outstanding character, integrity, and leadership on the court, in the work place, in the home, and in the community. The award was established in 1998 and was named for head coach John Wooden, who coached at UCLA for 27 years, compiling 620 wins in 767 games. He was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.^[1][2]

Coach Wooden "Keys to Life" Award

Awarded for	Qualities exemplified by Coach Wooden: outstanding character, integrity, and leadership on the court, in the work place, in the home, and in the community
Country	United States
Presented by	Athletes in Action
History
First award	1998
Most recent	Billy Kennedy, Texas A&M and his wife Mary Kennedy
Website	legendsbreakfast.net

Winners

Clark Kellogg won the award in 2003

John Beilein won the award in 2019

Season	Recipient	Schools / notes
1997–98	Marv Harshman	Washington
1998–99	A.C. Green	NBA All-Star
1999–00	Jerry Colangelo	USA Basketball Chairman
2000–01	Junior Bridgeman	12 Year NBA Veteran, Louisville Final Four 1975
2001–02	Mark Price	NBA All-Star
2002–03	Clark Kellogg	CBS Basketball Analyst
2003–04	David Robinson	NBA All-Star, MVP
2004–05	Bobby Jones	1983 NBA Champion with the 76ers, 5xAll Star, HOFer
2005–06	Lorenzo Romar	Washington
2006–07	Jim Haney	Executive Director NABC
2007–08	Hubert Davis	ESPN College Basketball, 13 year NBA Veteran, North Carolina Final Four 1991
2008–09	David Thompson	Basketball Hall of Fame, NC State NCAA Champions 1974
2009–10	Don Meyer	Former coach of Northern State, 2009 ESPY Award Winner
2010–11	Charlie Ward	1993 Heisman Trophy winner, led the New York Knicks to the NBA Finals 1999
2011–12	Homer Drew	Former coach at Valparaiso
2012–13	Dick Bennett	Former coach at Wisconsin and Washington State
2013–14	Del Harris	Former NBA coach, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers, and Houston Rockets
2014–15	Danny Miles[3]	Former coach at Oregon Tech
2015–16	Cazzie Russell	Former NBA all-star
2016–17	Gary Cunningham & Paul Westphal	Former assistant to John Wooden and head coach of UCLA, Former NBA player and coach of the Phoenix Suns
2017–18	Rick Barnes[4]	Tennessee
2018–19	John Beilein[5]	Michigan
2020–21	Billy Kennedy and Mary Kennedy[6][7]	Former coach of Texas A&M and his wife. First couple to receive this award.
2021–22	Allan Houston	NBA all-star
2022–23	Scott Drew	Baylor
2023-24	Lionel Hollins	NBA Player & Coach
2024-25	Monty Williams	NBA Player & Coach