HEAD COACH LON KRUGER u COACHES WHO HAVE... Led at Least Four Schools to NCAA Tournament u 5 – Lon Kruger* (Kansas State, Florida, Illinois, UNLV, Oklahoma) u 5 – Tubby Smith* (Tulsa, Georgia, Kentucky, Minnesota, Texas Tech) u 4 – Gene Bartow (Valparaiso, Memphis State, UCLA, UAB) u 4 – John Beilein* (Canisius, Richmond, West Virginia, Michigan) u 4 – Lefty Driesell (Davidson, Maryland, James Madison, Georgia St.) u 4 – Jim Harrick (Pepperdine, UCLA, Rhode Island, Georgia) u 4 – Tom Penders (Rhode Island, Texas, George Washington, Houston) u 4 – Rick Pitino (Boston, Providence, Kentucky, Louisville) u 4 – Eddie Sutton (Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State)
Led at Least Four Schools to NCAA Tournament Wins u 5 – Lon Kruger* (Kansas State, Florida, Illinois, UNLV, Oklahoma) u 4 – Jim Harrick (Pepperdine, UCLA, Rhode Island, Georgia) u 4 – Eddie Sutton (Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State)
Led at Least Three Schools to NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 (since NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams)
u 4 – Lon Kruger* (Kansas State, Florida, UNLV, Oklahoma) u 3 – John Calipari* (Massachusetts, Memphis, Kentucky) u 3 – Rick Pitino (Providence, Kentucky, Louisville) u 3 – Bill Self* (Tulsa, Illinois, Kansas) u 3 – Tubby Smith* (Tulsa, Georgia, Kentucky)
Led Four Schools to Multiple NCAA Tourney Appearances
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u 5 – Lon Kruger* (Kansas State, Florida, Illinois, UNLV, Oklahoma) u 4 – Jim Harrick (Pepperdine, UCLA, Rhode Island, Georgia) u 4 – Tubby Smith* (Tulsa, Georgia, Kentucky, Minnesota) *active
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KRUGER’S YEAR-BY-YEAR COLLEGIATE COACHING RECORD Year School 1982-83 Pan American 1983-84 Pan American 1984-85 Pan American 1985-86 Pan American 1986-87 Kansas State 1987-88 Kansas State 1988-89 Kansas State 1989-90 Kansas State 1990-91 Florida 1991-92 Florida 1992-93 Florida 1993-94 Florida 1994-95 Florida 1995-96 Florida 1996-97 Illinois 1997-98 Illinois 1998-99 Illinois 1999-00 Illinois 2004-05 UNLV 2005-06 UNLV 2006-07 UNLV 2007-08 UNLV 2008-09 UNLV 2009-10 UNLV 2010-11 UNLV 2011-12 Oklahoma 2012-13 Oklahoma 2013-14 Oklahoma 2014-15 Oklahoma 2015-16 Oklahoma 2016-17 Oklahoma 2017-18 Oklahoma Total (32 Years)
Overall W L 7 21 13 14 12 16 20 8 20 11 25 9 19 11 17 15 11 17 19 14 16 12 29 8 17 13 12 16 22 10 23 10 14 18 22 10 17 14 17 13 30 7 27 8 21 11 25 9 24 9 15 16 20 12 23 10 24 11 29 8 11 20 18 13 619 394
2018-19 OKLAHOMA basketball
W — — — — 8 11 8 7 7 9 9 12 8 6 11 13 3 11 7 10 12 12 9 11 11 5 11 12 12 12 5 8 260
Conference L Place Tourney — — — — — — — — — — — — 6 4th 1-1 3 2nd 2-1 6 3rd 1-1 7 4th 0-1 11 6th 0-1 7 2nd East 0-1 7 3rd East 0-1 4 T1st East 2-1 8 3rd East 2-1 10 5th East 1-1 7 T4th — 3 T1st 1-1 13 11th 3-1 5 5th 2-1 7 T4th 1-1 6 4th 1-1 4 2nd 3-0 4 2nd 3-0 7 5th 0-1 5 T3rd 2-1 5 3rd 1-1 13 8th 0-1 7 T4th 0-1 6 2nd 0-1 6 T2nd 1-1 6 3rd 1-1 13 9th 0-1 10 T6th 0-1 196 28-25
Postseason — — — — NCAA (1-1) NCAA (3-1) NCAA (0-1) NCAA (0-1) — NIT (3-2) NIT (0-1) NCAA (4-1) NCAA (0-1) — NCAA (1-1) NCAA (1-1) — NCAA (1-1) NIT (1-1) — NCAA (2-1) NCAA (1-1) NIT (0-1) NCAA (0-1) NCAA (0-1) — NCAA (0-1) NCAA (0-1) NCAA (2-1) NCAA (4-1) — NCAA (0-1) 24-23
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