Lon Kruger

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Lon Kruger (born August 19, 1952 in Silver Lake, Kansas) is an American basketball coach. Kruger is currently the men's basketball head coach at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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 playoffs or get a refund. The Hawks failed to make the playoffs and Kruger was fired midway through the season. Kruger also held head coaching positions in collegiate basketball at the University of Texas-Pan American (1982-86), Kansas State University (1986-90), the University of Florida (1990-96), and the University of Illinois (1996-2000).

As a player, Kruger led Kansas State to back-to-back Big Eight championships in 1972 and 1973. 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.

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• Lon Kruger Bio
• NBA Coaching Record

Preceded by Don DeVoe	Florida Men's Basketball Head Coach 1990–1996	Succeeded by Billy Donovan
Preceded by Lou Henson	Illinois Men's Basketball Head Coaches 1996–2000	Succeeded by Bill Self
Preceded by Lenny Wilkens	Atlanta Hawks Head Coach 2000–2002	Succeeded by Terry Stotts
Preceded by Charlie Spoonhour	UNLV Men's Basketball Head Coach 2004–	Succeeded by incumbent

Kansas State Wildcats Head Basketball Coaches
Melick • Ahearn • Lowman • Merner • Clevenger • Knoth • Curtis • Corsaut • Root • Gardner (pre-war) • Cochrane • Rock • Knorr • Gardner (post-war) • Winter • Fitzsimmons • Hartman • Kruger • Altman • Asbury• Wooldridge • Huggins

Illinois Fighting Illini Head Basketball Coaches
Brown • Pinckney • Lane • Juul • Thompson • Jones • Winters • Ruby • Mills • Combes • Schmidt • Bartow • Henson • Kruger • Self • Weber