SI.com has a somewhat entertaining feature matching up sports figures with Star Wars characters. Among several others, John Wooden is compared to Yoda. An excerpt:

It’s no wonder that the national player of the year honor is called the Wooden Award. If there were a Jedi of the Year prize it would be the Yoda Award. Like Yoda in the prequels, there is little doubt that if hoops needed Wooden he would drop his cane, pick up a light saber and go to work.

Follow the link to see the full write-up plus pictures. And check out the other pairs as well; I personally think the Chewbacca one is pretty funny (well, at least the picture).