Lon Kruger

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Lon Kruger is an American college basketball coach known for leading multiple programs to the NCAA Tournament, including Final Four appearances with Florida and Oklahoma.

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Lon Kruger canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf basketball coach ⓘ
college basketball coach ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Big 12 Coach of the Year ⓘ
Big Eight Coach of the Year ⓘ
Naismith College Coach of the Year ⓘ
SEC Coach of the Year ⓘ
child Angie Kruger ⓘ
Kevin Kruger ⓘ
coachingStyle defense-oriented ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1952-08-19 ⓘ
educatedAt Kansas State University ⓘ
familyName Kruger ⓘ
givenName Lon ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction College Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
headCoachOf Atlanta Hawks ⓘ
Florida Gators men's basketball ⓘ
Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball ⓘ
Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball ⓘ
Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball ⓘ
Texas–Pan American Broncs men's basketball ⓘ
UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball ⓘ
inductedInto College Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
knownFor rebuilding college basketball programs ⓘ
leagueCoachedIn NCAA Division I ⓘ
National Basketball Association ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball ⓘ
name Lon Kruger self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement first coach to lead five different programs to the NCAA men's basketball tournament ⓘ
led Florida Gators to the 1994 NCAA Final Four ⓘ
led Oklahoma Sooners to the 2016 NCAA Final Four ⓘ
occupation basketball coach ⓘ
basketball player ⓘ
placeOfBirth Silver Lake, Kansas ⓘ
surface form: Silver Lake, Kansas, United States
playedFor Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball ⓘ
positionPlayed point guard ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Norman, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ
retiredFromPosition head coach of Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball ⓘ
retirementDate 2021 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
spouse Barbara Kruger ⓘ
surface form: Barbara Miles Kruger
teamCoachedToNcaaTournament Florida Gators men's basketball ⓘ
Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball ⓘ
Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball ⓘ
Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball ⓘ
UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball ⓘ

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Florida Gators men's basketball → formerHeadCoach → Lon Kruger ⓘ
Florida Gators men's basketball → notableCoach → Lon Kruger ⓘ
Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball → notableCoach → Lon Kruger ⓘ
Lon Kruger → name → Lon Kruger self-link ⓘ
Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball → notableCoach → Lon Kruger ⓘ