Remembering Morgan Wootten, Jim Lehrer, Mr. Peanut Morgan Wootten was the basketball coach at DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Maryland for 46 years. He won five national championships and was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, the first high school coach to earn that honor. Jim Lehrer was the outstanding journalist and news anchor for the PBS NewsHour (1983-2011). His work with Robert MacNeil became a standard for television journalism. He was also a respected novelist and playwright. With his familiar monocle and top hat, Mr. Peanut was the familiar mascot for Planters for over a century.