1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005) Led Arizona to 20 consecutive 20-win seasons Averaged nearly 25 victories per year in over 20 years at Arizona Owns second best winning percentage (.764) in Pac-10 history (327-101), behind John Wooden (.810) Has more Pac-10 wins (327) than any other coach in history, including John Wooden, who coached before UCLA joined the modern Pac-10 Led Arizona to four NCAA Final Four appearances (1988, 1994, 1997, 2001) and one NCAA Championship (1997) Arizona's 1997 team is the only one in NCAA history to beat three No. 1 seeds in the same tournament While at Arizona, one of only five head coaches in NCAA history to record 26 or more 20-win seasons Guided Arizona to 11 NCAA Sweet 16 appearances in 18 years Arizona's 25 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances (23 under Lute Olson) is the second longest streak in NCAA history (behind North Carolina's 27) NCAA tournament records Third in NCAA tournament games coached with 74 Fourth in NCAA tournament wins with 46 Compiled a 25–12 (.676) record in his last 35 NCAA Tournament games 28 of his last 29 teams have advanced to the NCAA Tournament (23 straight at Arizona and 5 straight at Iowa) Career records One of 8 coaches in collegiate history to coach in five or more Final Fours One of 11 coaches who have taken two different teams to the Final Four Averaged nearly 23 victories per year in over 30 years of coaching Achieved 29 winning seasons in over 30 years of coaching In 34 seasons as a Division I head coach, compiled a 781–280 record (.736) Awards U.S. Coach, R. William Jones Cup Champions (1984) U.S. Coach, World Championship Gold Medal (1986) National Coach of the Year (1988, 1990) CBS-TV Coach of the Year (1989) USBWA District 8 Coach of the Year (1988, 1993) NABC District 15 Coach of the Year (1989, 1993, 1994) Basketball Times West Region Coach of the Year (1998) Naismith National Coach of the Year Finalist (1998) Head coaching record Junior college College * Vacated 1 NCAA tournament loss See also FIBA Basketball World Cup winning head coaches List of college men's basketball coaches with 600 wins List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach References External links Full biography for Lute Olson 1934 births 2020 deaths American Lutherans American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players American