.jpg) Kruger at Kansas State | |||||||||||||||
| Biographical details | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | August 19, 1952 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
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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).