Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
The Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team is part of the University of Iowa athletics department.
Coach Rollie Williams, 1941. Iowa yearbook
Murray Wier was a consensus first-team All-American in 1948.
Coach Sharm Scheuerman, 1962. University of Iowa yearbook
Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Don Nelson, 1962. Nelson was an All-American at Iowa. University of Iowa yearbook.
Robert Luther "Lute" Olson was an American basketball coach, who was inducted into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. He was the head coach of the Arizona Wildcats men's team for 25 years. He was also head coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes for nine years and Long Beach State 49ers for one season. Known for player development and great recruiting, many of his former players have gone on to have impressive careers in the NBA. On October 23, 2008, Olson announced his retirement from coaching. Olson died on August 27, 2020, in Tucson, Arizona. He was 85 years old.
Olson in 2017
Olson, circa 1987