Legendary Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson is in good condition after suffering a minor stroke during the weekend, according to Banner UMC hospital in Tucson. As Lute Olson enters his 24th season at the University of Ari-zona, he has established both the Wildcat basketball program and himself as two of the preeminent figures on the collegiate basket-ball landscape. "Oh my goodness," Olson … Lute Olson receives a congratulatory handshake from Dean Smith after Arizona beat North Carolina in the 1997 Final Four, the last game Smith coached (YouTube … Don't get me wrong, I love watching it. Lute Olson is the former head coach of the Arizona Wildcats, Iowa Hawkeyes & Long Beach State 49ers. (Getty) Former Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson was hospitalized over the weekend with a minor stroke. Over those 24 seasons, he was 587-190 (.755) while taking UA to the NCAA Tournament 22 … Robert Luther Lute Olson (born September 22, 1934) is an American retired Hall of Fame basketball coach, who has been inducted into both the Basketball Hall of Fame (2002), the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (2006) and re-inducted in the class of 2019. Instead of making the big hire, since the dawn of the Lute Olson era at Arizona in 1983, ASU has ushered in six different head coaches with none able to achieve the task of coming close to matching the program down south on I-10. The coach had Walton, who coached more games during the season than Kerr (43–39), sit next to him on the podium at the award press conference. He won 780 career games and the 1997 NCAA Championship. Lute Olson laughs when asked what he thought when North Dakota and Arizona were paired together in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Olson coached Arizona’s basketball program from 1983-2008 — earning one title and leading the Wildcats to the NCAA Tournament each of his final 23 seasons. Sabrina Ionescu isn't the only Duck taking home a National Player of the Year award. Olson became the 16th coach in basketball history (covering all levels) to register 1,000 career wins, when his Wildcats defeated Utah, 67-62, on Dec. 11, 2004. Sunday was the final day of the Lute Olson Fantasy Basketball Camp.A team led by former Arizona basketball great Pete Williams won the Lute Olson Fantasy Camp for a third straight year. Any familiar with why he left; Keady replaced him. Whether it’s the 1997 national championship, four Final Four ap-pearances, 22 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, 11 Lute Olson is out of the hospital after suffering a stroke over the weekend. He won 780 career games and the 1997 NCAA Championship. Olson, 84, coached the Wildcats from 1982-83 through 2006-07. Just curious if any wizened Big 10 watchers can provide a bit more background. You don't have to read TrueHoop all that closely to know I'm not all that into college basketball. Record at Arizona: 395-120 (16 years) Career Record: 587-212 (26 years) Standing on the threshold setting some remarkable coaching achievements, Lute Olson enters Olson coached Arizona’s basketball program from 1983-2008 — earning one title and leading the team to the NCAA Tournament each of his final 23 seasons. Olson was born on a farm just outside Mayville, N.D., on Sept. 22, 1934, and would go on to attend high school in Grand Forks, N.D., for the 1951-52 season, where he led the team to the 1952 state basketball championship.