© 2020 The Associated Press. Election Live Updates: Race narrows to key states as outcome remains unclear, Trump falsely claims he won as millions of votes still uncounted, Biden in election night speech: "We feel good about where we are", 2020 House and Senate Live Updates: Democrats and GOP each gain a Senate seat, Maine and Nebraska's split electoral votes could impact election, Mitch McConnell wins reelection in Kentucky, Lindsey Graham wins reelection, CBS News projects, The races that could determine who controls the Senate, The pivotal post-Election Day dates you need to know, Sarah McBride becomes first transgender state senator, QAnon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene wins House seat, Ocasio-Cortez projected to win second term in House, Arizona coach Lute Olson gives direction from the bench during first half Pac-10 basketball action against Oregon in Eugene, Ore., Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007, Ohio 2020 election results: Trump projected winner. "[8], After graduating from Augsburg, Olson taught and coached high school basketball for 13 years. [9], Olson also plays more golf than before, “If I were lucky I might get in 10 rounds of golf a year when I was coaching,” he said. [23], Olson surprised many by leaving Iowa for an Arizona program that had just suffered the worst season in school history, having won only four games all season and one game in Pac-10 play. The unveiling was attended my many former Arizona players as well as Olson's family. "He was an educator, a motivator, a husband, a father, a grandfather and a friend to so many. [1] He was the head coach of the Arizona Wildcats men's team for 25 years. At the time, the university said such absence was not health related.
"[81], Greg Hansen, columnist and longtime Olson critic for the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, had this to say: "Until now, Lute Olson has been judged by games won and banners hung, but it is the passage of time that will be his greatest test. [25] Iowa was also without Assistant Coach Tony McAndrews, who had been in a plane crash mid-season after a recruiting trip.
His team defeated the U.S.S.R. 87-85 in the gold medal game, the first time the U.S. had won the world championship in 32 years.
Olson was set to return for the 2008-09 season, but the school announced his retirement after he missed practice and a function in Tucson. "I will miss seeing him at our home games and hearing our crowd yell, 'Lute!'" "[75] [35], Olson was voted Pac-10 Coach of the Year seven times, made 5 Final Four appearances and won the 1997 NCAA championship with Arizona, where his team accomplished the feat of defeating three #1 seeds in the same tournament. On October 28, 2008, five days after Olson announced his retirement, Olson's personal physician, Steven D. Knope, held a press conference in Tucson alongside Olson's daughters and grandson, in which he showed signs of emotion at times; Olson himself was not in attendance.
He led Arizona to 20 straight 20-win seasons and is one of five coaches in NCAA history with 29 seasons of at least 20 wins. Olson's Arizona teams reached the Final Four four times and lost the 2001 national title game to Duke. Born on a farm outside Mayville, North Dakota, on Sept. 22, 1934, Olson led his high school team to the 1952 state championship and was a three-sport athlete at Augsburg College in Minnesota from 1953 to 1956. On October 23, 2008, Olson announced his retirement from coaching. He said he left Iowa because life there had become a "fishbowl" and he needed a change. August 28, 2020 / 6:14 AM / AP Lute Olson, the Hall of Fame coach who turned Arizona into a college basketball powerhouse, has died. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed ), memorial page for Lute Olson (22 Sep 1934–27 Aug 2020), Find a Grave Memorial no. Olson won national Coach of the Year honors five times.
He took over Arizona at rock bottom and built it into an incredible program...For him, maybe dealing with health issues and family issues, for whatever reason, it's not right for him to continue on.
"Coach Olson is the absolute best, one of the greatest coaches ever and one of the greatest human beings ever," Georgia Tech coach and former Arizona player Josh Pasnter tweeted. His doctor held a news conference five days later, saying Olson had an initially undiagnosed stroke earlier in the year, causing depression and impaired judgment. In November 2007, Olson teamed with publisher Mascot Books to release a children's book featuring the Arizona mascot touring the campus, entitled Hello, Wilbur!.
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