Robert Luther Olson
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Robert Luther "Lute" Olson was a Hall of Fame American college basketball coach best known for transforming the University of Arizona into a national powerhouse and winning the 1997 NCAA championship.
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| Robert Luther Olson canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Hall of Fame coach
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basketball coach ⓘ college basketball coach ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
AP College Coach of the Year
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Naismith College Coach of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ Pac-10 Coach of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
California State University, Long Beach
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University of Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Olson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | college basketball coaching ⓘ |
| fullName | Robert Luther Olson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | men’s college basketball ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| heritage | American of Scandinavian descent ⓘ |
| influenced | Arizona Wildcats men’s basketball culture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing successful college basketball programs
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recruiting and developing NBA-caliber players at Arizona ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
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National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Luther NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Lute Olson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
achieved over 700 career wins as a college head coach
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built Arizona into a perennial NCAA tournament participant ⓘ led Arizona to its first NCAA men’s basketball national championship in school history ⓘ led Arizona to multiple NCAA Final Four appearances ⓘ led Arizona to multiple Pac-10 conference titles ⓘ won the 1997 NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship with the University of Arizona ⓘ |
| notableWork | transforming the University of Arizona men’s basketball program into a national powerhouse ⓘ |
| occupation |
basketball coach
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college basketball coach ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
head coach of Arizona Wildcats men’s basketball team
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head coach of Iowa Hawkeyes men’s basketball team ⓘ head coach of Long Beach State 49ers men’s basketball team ⓘ |
| residence | Tucson, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| teamCoached |
Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
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Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Iowa City, Iowa
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Long Beach, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Tucson, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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