{"id":22,"date":"2014-05-23T16:08:14","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T16:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coachwootten.com\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2025-04-16T21:47:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T01:47:13","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coachwootten.com\/site\/about\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1961<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Coach Morgan Wootten and Coach Joe Gallagher started the Metropolitan Area Basketball Day School.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1973<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A week for girls was added to the Metropolitan Area Basketball Day School.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>1984<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Coach Wootten, along with Coach Jim Phelan and Coach Bill Sheehan, started three weeks (two weeks for boys and one week for girls) of overnight camp at Mount St. Mary\u2019s College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, known as Mason Dixon Basketball Camp.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>1983<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The Metropolitan Area Basketball Day School moved to Takoma Academy in Takoma Park, Maryland.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>1987<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The Mason Dixon Basketball Camp was expanded to\u00a0six weeks (four weeks for boys and two weeks for girls).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>1998<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 The overnight camp moved to Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Maryland under the direction of Coach Morgan Wootten and Coach Joe Wootten and became Coach Wootten\u2019s Basketball Camp for boys, and was 4 weeks long.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>2000<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The day camp moved to O\u2019Connell High School in Arlington, Virginia and was renamed to Coach Wootten\u2019s Basketball Day Camp.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>2006<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The overnight camp at Frostburg expanded to five weeks (four weeks for boys and one week for girls).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>2007<\/strong><\/span>\u2013 The Father\/Son Camp was added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2014<\/span><\/strong>\u2013 The Academic All-American Camp was added.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>2019<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 The Father\/Son Camp was changed to the Parent\/Child Camp.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>2020<\/strong><\/span>&#8211; The Wootten 150 Camp was added to evaluate the Top 150 High School boys and 150 Top High School girls in the country as a pathway to the McDonald\u2019s All American Games. 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