Nov 26, 2019; Kansas City, MO, USA; Oklahoma Sooners head coach Lon Kruger reacts to a play against the Missouri Tigers during the first half at Sprint Center. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports
Lon Kruger almost didn’t come to Oklahoma.
It took a lot of convincing by OU athletic director Joe Castiglione to lure him away from Las Vegas, where Kruger and his wife, Barbara, lived for seven years and really enjoyed it. UNLV was Kruger’s fifth stop as as a head coach in a college coaching career that has spanned 35 years
We’ll never know exactly what powers of persuasion Castiglione used — outside of money.