Gary Cunningham
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Gary Cunningham is a college men's basketball coach. He was the head coach of the University of California, Los Angeles from 1977 to 1979, guiding them to a 50-8 record. As of 2007, he is the winningest coach at UCLA by percentage of wins to losses at .862. This puts him ahead of Gene Bartow (.852), Fred W. Cozens and John Wooden (.808).
Gary played basketball at UCLA on the varsity team from 1960 to 1962. He was an assistant coach under John Wooden and became the head coach at UCLA in 1977. He coached two seasons, winning the Pacific 8 and Pacific 10 conference championships and leading UCLA to a #2 ranking in the final polls both seasons.
He is currently the Director of athletics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Preceded by Gene Bartow |
UCLA Head Men's Basketball Coach 1977 – 1979 |
Succeeded by Larry Brown |