Lute's coaching tree grew after champion Arizona Wildcats branched out

[tweeterhawk]

Really no surprise that two of the most successful coaches at Iowa -- Hayden Fry and Lute Olson -- grew their programs with talented assistants and players who went on to create their own successes.

Lute Olson's coaching tree grew after champion Cats branched out

Twenty-five years after they teamed up to win a national title, several of the branches on that vaunted coaching tree talked about what it was like to learn under Lute,

tucson.com

 

[paladinhawk]

Yeah imo it would be nice if Fran tried to get at least one assistant who wanted to be a (defensive minded) head coach, as opposed to multiple guys who appear happy to retire as Hawkeye assistant coaches.

 

[HawkLogic]

Managers of successfull operations tend to hire driven/talented people that want to move up. The result is the underlings have lots of opportunities to go elswhere and become their own manager/ceo/head coach.
Hayden Fry and Lute Olson fit that profile.

Other less successful managers hire "yes" men that they feel comfortable as long with/retain as they don't rock the boat by having differing opinions.

 

[LuteHawk]

Lute Olson looked first of all at the character of the
players he recruited. Certainly, that came before the
talent component. His Hall of Fame career proved
that was part of his success. Lute was a class act
who understood what it takes to win..

 

[Titanhawk2]

I didn't find a huge tree in that article, 1 college coach, two ex-players that coach G-league and a high school coach. Nothing near Hayden's. Other than Rosborough, who was not successful on his own, and Speraw who was, I don't recall any former assistants or Iowa players that coached.

 

[tippet1]

Steve Kerr is by far the most successful of those who were influenced by Lute. Josh Pastner has been so so at best.

 

[MonmouthHawk]

Kerr strikes me as the kind of guy that would be sucessful in many different things if he set his mind to it. Lute was the man, I totally understand his move but I am curious if could have won a natty in Iowa City. I think he could of given time.

 

[NevadaHawk]

Kerr strikes me as the kind of guy that would be sucessful in many different things if he set his mind to it. Lute was the man, I totally understand his move but I am curious if could have won a natty in Iowa City. I think he could of given time.

If Ronnie Lester doesn't go down in the Final Four game against Louisville, Lute may very well have won the 1980 Natty while he was still at Iowa.

 

[MeetTheFerentz]

Managers of successfull operations tend to hire driven/talented people that want to move up. The result is the underlings have lots of opportunities to go elswhere and become their own manager/ceo/head coach.
Hayden Fry and Lute Olson fit that profile.

Other less successful managers hire "yes" men that they feel comfortable as long with/retain as they don't rock the boat by having differing opinions.

You just perfectly described the unequivocal #1 difference between Hayden and KF in their philosophy for coaching Iowa football. As successful as KF has been, I've always wondered how much better Iowa football would be if he had more than a grand total of one Joe Philbin-type as an assistant and not just a bunch of friends an family...