Lon Kruger (born August 19, 1952 in Silver Lake, Kansas) is an American basketball coach. Most recently, in 2007, he took the UNLV Rebels to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Sweet 16 for the first time since 1991.
As a player, Kruger led Kansas State University to back-to-back Big Eight championships in 1972 and 1973 under coach Jack Hartman. Kruger was named the Big Eight Player of the Year in 1973 and 1974, after being named th...
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Lon Kruger (born August 19, 1952 in Silver Lake, Kansas) is an American basketball coach. Most recently, in 2007, he took the UNLV Rebels to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Sweet 16 for the first time since 1991.
As a player, Kruger led Kansas State University to back-to-back Big Eight championships in 1972 and 1973 under coach Jack Hartman. Kruger was named the Big Eight Player of the Year in 1973 and 1974, after being named the Big Eight Sophomore of the Year in 1972. He was also a shortstop on the Kansas State baseball team. As coach of the Wildcats, he led K-State to the NCAA Tournament in each of his four seasons as head coach and the Elite 8 in 1988 before losing to the archrival Kansas Jayhawks, the eventual national champion.
Prior to accepting the head coaching position at UNLV in 2004, Kruger was the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA. It was as head coach of the Hawks that Kruger guaranteed season-ticket holders that the Hawks would make the...
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