Lost but not forgotten. Following the deaths of Chadwick Boseman, Cliff Robinson and Lute Olson, the NBA held a special tribute in their honor. Before Orlando Magic faced off against the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday, Aug. 29, the league shared each stars' career highlights, their impact and everlasting legacy. "Today the NBA family mourned the loss of Cliff Robinson. Robinson helped lead the Portland Trail Blazers to two NBA Finals appearances in the early '90s," an announcer said, per a video shared on Twitter by SportsCenter. "His 18-year career included an All-Star appearance at the 1993 NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award." News broke about Robinson's death on...
- 8/29/2020
- E! Online
Lute Olson, a legendary college basketball coach for the University of Arizona men’s team, has died. He was 85.
Olson died Thursday and had been in hospice care after previously being hospitalized for suffering a stroke. His death was confirmed by his family’s statements to local Arizona media outlets and by the University of Arizona Athletics.
Olson took over the Arizona team in the 1983-84 season following a year in which the team won just four games and turned the school into a basketball powerhouse, amassing a record of 589-187 during his tenure, as well as a national title in 1997, over his 24 seasons with the team.
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“Lute Olson was so much more than a basketball coach. He was an educator, a motivator, a husband, a father, a grandfather and a friend to so many,” University of Arizona President Dr.
Olson died Thursday and had been in hospice care after previously being hospitalized for suffering a stroke. His death was confirmed by his family’s statements to local Arizona media outlets and by the University of Arizona Athletics.
Olson took over the Arizona team in the 1983-84 season following a year in which the team won just four games and turned the school into a basketball powerhouse, amassing a record of 589-187 during his tenure, as well as a national title in 1997, over his 24 seasons with the team.
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“Lute Olson was so much more than a basketball coach. He was an educator, a motivator, a husband, a father, a grandfather and a friend to so many,” University of Arizona President Dr.
- 8/28/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Luke Walton just got a Legendary co-sign from one of the biggest names in basketball coaching history ... who says Walton has already proved he's got what it takes to be a head coach in the NBA. TMZ Sports spoke with Luke's college coach Lute Olson -- who's in the Basketball Hall of Fame after a historical run at the University of Arizona. Olson tells us he's been paying very close attention to how Walton's doing...
- 12/10/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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