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Robert Luther "Lute" Olson (September 22, 1934 – August 27, 2020) was an American basketball coach, who was inducted into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame [1] and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. [2] He was the head coach of the Arizona Wildcats men's team for 25 years. [3]
The all-time winningest coach in Arizona history fell into ill health earlier this week.
Lute Olson, the Hall of Fame coach who turned Arizona into a college basketball powerhouse and led the program to its lone national title in 1997, has died. “Coach Olson is the absolute best ...
In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres. Many of their names hold a prominent ...
Actual on-court records was 589-188 for Lute Olson and 19–15 for Kevin O'Neil. ^ Rosborough served as head coach for five games during the 2000–01 campaign while Olson took a leave of absence. Arizona was 28–8 overall and 15–3 in Pac-10 play that season.
The team was led by head coach Lute Olson, coaching in his ninth and final season at the school, and played their home games at the Iowa Field House and Carver–Hawkeye Arena (opened January 1983) in Iowa City, Iowa.
Gilliam was selected to play in the 1986 World Championships. The team fielded college standouts such as David Robinson, Kenny Smith, Tommy Amaker, Tom Hammonds, Charles D. Smith and Derrick McKey and coached by Lute Olson of Arizona, proceeded to shock the world with its play. The international community did not consider the team a medal ...
The 1976–77 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference.The team was led by head coach Lute Olson, coaching in his 3rd season at the school, and played their home games at the Iowa Field House.