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Lon Krueger

Lon Krueger

Retired college basketball coach (Oklahoma, UNLV, Illinois, Florida, Kansas State) and the only coach to take five programs to the NCAA Tournament; 2019 Wooden Legends of Coaching Award recipient.

Feb 19, 2026

7:01
How impressed are you with the longevity he's had in his career?
7:05
Very impressed.
7:06
Again, everywhere he's been, he's bounced around a little bit in the NBA, but every franchise says the same thing.
7:13
They love his attitude.
7:14
They love his team-first mentality, how hard he works, the enthusiasm that he plays with certainly rubs off on his teammates.
7:22
But from a coach's perspective, it's the best-case scenario.
7:28
You've got a guy that loves to play, loves to compete, and works to get better each day.
8:24
But can you just take us through the development of that roster and what that kind of looked like for you and your staff to put this team in a position to have a season like that?
33:47
How impressed are you with the longevity he's had in his career?
33:51
very impressed.
33:52
Uh, again, everywhere he's been, he bounced around a little bit in the NBA, but every franchise says the same thing.
33:58
They, they love his attitude.
34:00
They love his team first mentality, how hard he works, the enthusiasm that he plays with, uh, certainly rubs off on his teammate, but he's, you know, from a coach's perspective, uh, it's, uh, you know, the best case scenario, you've got a guy that loves to play, loves to compete and works to get better each day.
34:18
And, uh, And it's all about team, you know, whatever we can do to help the team win.
34:23
But he's had that mentality everywhere, great family influence growing up.
35:10
But can you just take us through the development of that roster and what that kind of looked like for you and your staff to put this team in a position to have a season like that?

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