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"He wants the entire community to know how much he appreciates all of the love and support he and Kathy (& the family) have received. The prayers mean the world to them."<p></p><p></p><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">The prayers mean the world to them! Anyone wanting to send Morgan a message can e-mail his children at <a href="mailto:Moowoowootten@gmail">Moowoowootten@gmail</a>.com . Thank you! # Onedematha</p>— DeMathaHighSchool (@DeMathaCatholic) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeMathaCatholic/status/1219333059562086402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">January 20, 2020</a> <p>Inducted in 2000, Wootten is the only person to coach\xa0exclusively at the high school level who has ever been\xa0enshrined in the\xa0Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, which still maintains the Morgan Wootten Lifetime Achievement Award in his honor. 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With a 1,274-192 career coaching record (1956-2002), Wootten finished with an\xa0.869 winning percentage and incredibly recorded over 40 consecutive seasons with at least 20 wins.'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/migrate-thefandc-92098-4@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Anyone wishing to send correspondence to Wootten is asked to email his children:\xa0<a href="mailto:Moowoowootten@gmail.com">Moowoowootten@gmail.com</a><p></p><p></p><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">At their request, anyone wishing to send emails of support and prayers may do so at <a href="mailto:moowoowootten@gmail">moowoowootten@gmail</a>.com (2/2)</p>— DeMathaHighSchool (@DeMathaCatholic) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeMathaCatholic/status/1219618031258738688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">January 21, 2020</a> <p></p><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">My thoughts & prayers are with the Wootten family as the legendary DeMatha basketball coach is in hospice care. Coach Wootten has touched & impacted tens of thousands of students & athletes in his 46 years at DeMatha. He was a role model 4 anyone who ever walked the halls at DM.</p>— Eric Bickel (@EBJunkies) <a href="https://twitter.com/EBJunkies/status/1219579949704732673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">January 21, 2020</a> <p></p><p> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B7jVsekhBgs/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Just wanted to inform the DeMatha community that Morgan Wootten is home now with hospice care. Again, he wants the entire DeMatha community to know how much he sincerely appreciates all of the love and support he and Kathy (and the family) have received. The prayers mean the world to them! Anyone wanting to send Morgan a message can e-mail his children at </a><a href="mailto:Moowoowootten@gmail">Moowoowootten@gmail</a>.com . 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