Wilbur Braithwaite

Who is Wilbur Braithwaite?

Wilbur T. Braithwaite is a former high school basketball and tennis coach for Manti High School. He was honored with the NFHS award of Merit in 2006, and was selected as an Olympic torch bearer for his city Manti, Utah on February 5, 2002.

"Coach" was also known as a poet, philosopher, business-owner, musician, composer, and pen-pal. He is believed to have written thousands of uplifting, hand-written letters over his life to people all over the country including John Wooden and Bob Knight.