Lon Kruger took over an Oklahoma Sooners men’s basketball program in 2011 that was staring into the abyss. Attendance was dwindling. The squad had just completed its second straight losing season. The program had run afoul of the NCAA under the last two head coaches, Jeff Capel and Kelvin Sampson.
Kruger brought a low-key and congenial personality to the job, and his teams at OU lived up to his track record of consistency. He was the right coach for the times.
Thanks in large measure to Kruger’s leadership, the next head coach at OU will take over a far more appealing situation.