Kruger (left) at Kansas State with coach Jack Hartman
Biographical details
Born
(1952-08-19) August 19, 1952 (age 71) Silver Lake, Kansas, U.S.
Playing career
1971–1974
Kansas State
Position(s)
Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976–1977
Pittsburg State (assistant)
1977–1978
Kansas State (assistant)
1979–1982
Kansas State (assistant)
1982–1986
Texas–Pan American
1986–1990
Kansas State
1990–1996
Florida
1996–2000
Illinois
2000–2003
Atlanta Hawks
2003–2004
New York Knicks (assistant)
2004–2011
UNLV
2011–2021
Oklahoma
Head coaching record
Overall
674–432 (.609) (college) 69–122 (.348) (NBA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 NCAA Division I Regional—Final Four (1994, 2016) Big Ten regular season (1998) 2 MWC tournament (2007, 2008)
Awards
2× SEC Coach of the Year (1992, 1994) MWC Coach of the Year (2008) Big 12 Coach of the Year (2014) 2× Big Eight Player of the Year (1973, 1974)
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2022
Medal record
Men's basketball
Assistant coach for United States
FIBA Basketball World Cup
1998 Greece
National team
Lonnie Duane Kruger (born August 19, 1952) is a retired American college and professional basketball coach who was most recently the men's basketball head coach of the University of Oklahoma. Kruger played college basketball for Kansas State University. He has served as the head coach of the University of Texas–Pan American, Kansas State, the University of Florida, the University of Illinois, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, as well as the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Kruger was the first coach to lead five programs to the NCAA tournament (he has since been joined by Tubby Smith , Rick Pitino and Steve Alford). His teams participated in 21 NCAA Tournaments, including two Final Fours (1994 with Florida; 2016 with Oklahoma).
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under his father, head coach LonKruger, as an assistant coach at Oklahoma from 2016 to 2019. Returning to UNLV, Kevin Kruger was an assistant coach from...
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over two seasons. In March 1996, University of Florida basketball coach LonKruger resigned to take the same position at the University of Illinois. The...
assistant coach. He was promoted to head coach 27 games into the season after LonKruger was fired. Stotts led the Hawks to a 24-31 record before he was let go...
Orlando Magic (under Chuck Daly and Doc Rivers), and Atlanta Hawks (under LonKruger). Musselman grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and San Diego, California...
commentary for Kansas State games, and his former player and assistant coach LonKruger took over as head coach at Kansas State. Hartman is credited with introducing...
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Fratello (1984–1990) Bob Weiss (1990–1993) Lenny Wilkens (1993–2000) LonKruger (2000–2002) Terry Stotts (2002–2004) Mike Woodson (2004–2010) Larry Drew...
basketball coach at the University of Oklahoma under his former college coach LonKruger. Henson played collegiately at Kansas State University, where he was named...
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