title: Calvin Oldham
William Perigo
2011–12 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team
Leon Rice (basketball)
Lindsay Gottlieb
Steve Henson
Joey Meyer (basketball)
Larry Brown (basketball)
Lon Kruger
Chris Terrell
sentences: Calvin Oldham (born February 19, 1961) is an American professional basketball coach and former professional player.
 He played collegiately at Virginia Tech, before embarking on a professional career in Germany.
 Oldham has been a professional basketball coach since 1995.
William J. "Bill" Perigo (September 17, 1911 – February 7, 1990) was an American basketball player and coach.
 He played college basketball for Western Michigan University from 1931 to 1934 and professional basketball for the Indianapolis Kautskys from 1934 to 1936.
 Perigo also worked as a basketball coach for more than 25 years.
 He was the basketball coach at Benton Harbor High School for 13 years and led the team to the Michigan Class A state championship in 1941.
 He was the head basketball coach at Western Michigan University (1949–1952) and the University of Michigan (1952–1960).
 In 1983, he was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.
The 2011–12 Oklahoma Sooners basketball team represents the University of Oklahoma in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
 The Sooners are led by Lon Kruger in his first season.
 The team plays its home games at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma and are members of the Big 12 Conference.
Leon Paul Rice (born November 25, 1963) is an American college basketball coach, and the head men's basketball coach at Boise State University.
 Rice replaced Greg Graham as head coach of the Broncos on March 26, 2010.
 In his first season as head coach, he led Boise State to the finals of the 2011 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament and to the semifinals of the 2011 College Basketball Invitational.
 He is the first Boise State head coach to win 20 games in two of his first three seasons and has 20 or more wins in six of his first seven seasons.
 In 2013, he guided the Broncos to their first ever at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
 In 2015, he led the Broncos to their first ever Mountain West regular season championship, and first conference title for Boise State since 2008, and was named the Mountain West coach of the year.
Lindsay Catherine Gottlieb (born October 2, 1977) became the ninth University of California women's basketball coach on April 25, 2011.
 In just her second season in Berkeley, Gottlieb led the 2012–13 Golden Bears to the first Final Four in school history, their first Pac-12 Conference championship, and the most wins ever by a Cal women's basketball team (32-4).
 Gottlieb was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year by the media, and was one of the four finalists for the Naismith National Coach of the Year.
 In her first season at Cal, Gottlieb's Bears had a 25-10 record, making her the first women's basketball coach to win 20 games in her first season at California.
 That year, Gottlieb led the Bears to the second round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.
 Gottlieb spent the previous three years as the head coach at UCSB where she led the team to two regular-season Big West championships in 2009 and 2011, as well as the Big West Tournament championship in 2009.
 She earned her 100th career victory on February 3, 2013.
Steven Michael Henson (born February 2, 1968) is a retired American professional basketball player, who was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2nd round (44th overall) of the 1990 NBA draft.
 He is an assistant basketball coach at the University of Oklahoma under his former college coach Lon Kruger.
 On April 1, 2016, Henson was hired as the head coach at the University of Texas at San Antonio and assumed his new position after the Sooners' exit from the NCAA Tournament the following day.
Joseph E. "Joey" Meyer (born April 2, 1949) is an American professional basketball coach and former men's college basketball coach.
 He was the head coach of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the Indiana Pacers' affiliate in the NBA Development League.
 He is currently the circuit's all-time victories leader.
 He was previously the head basketball coach of the DePaul Blue Demons from 1984 to 1997.
 He currently provides color commentary on radio broadcasts of Northwestern University Mens Basketball games on WGN-AM in Chicago.
Lawrence Harvey Brown (born September 14, 1940) is an American basketball coach, who was most recently head men's basketball coach at Southern Methodist University.
 He is the only coach in basketball history to win both an NCAA national championship (Kansas Jayhawks, 1988) and an NBA title (Detroit Pistons, 2004).
 He has a 1,275-965 lifetime professional coaching record in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) and is the only coach in NBA history to lead eight different teams to the playoffs.
 He also won an ABA championship as a player with the Oakland Oaks in the 1968–69 season, and an Olympic Gold Medal in 1964.
 He is also the only person ever to coach two NBA franchises in the same season (Spurs and Clippers during the 1991–92 NBA season).
 Before coaching, Brown played collegiately at the University of North Carolina and professionally in the ABA.
 He has been a basketball coach since 1972.
Lonnie Duane Kruger (born August 19, 1952) is an American college and professional basketball coach who is currently the men's basketball head coach of the University of Oklahoma.
 Kruger played college basketball for Kansas State University.
 He has served as the head coach of the University of Texas–Pan American, Kansas State, the University of Florida, the University of Illinois, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, as well as the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Chris Terrell (born June 2, 1972 in Canoga Park, California) is an American professional basketball coach of the Halifax Rainmen in the National Basketball League of Canada with extensive experience as both a professional basketball coach and general manager.

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 Calvin Oldham (born February 19, 1961) is an American professional basketball coach and former professional player.
 He played collegiately at Virginia Tech, before embarking on a professional career in Germany.
 Oldham has been a professional basketball coach since 1995. 

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 William J. "Bill" Perigo (September 17, 1911 – February 7, 1990) was an American basketball player and coach.
 He played college basketball for Western Michigan University from 1931 to 1934 and professional basketball for the Indianapolis Kautskys from 1934 to 1936.
 Perigo also worked as a basketball coach for more than 25 years.
 He was the basketball coach at Benton Harbor High School for 13 years and led the team to the Michigan Class A state championship in 1941.
 He was the head basketball coach at Western Michigan University (1949–1952) and the University of Michigan (1952–1960).
 In 1983, he was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. 

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 The 2011–12 Oklahoma Sooners basketball team represents the University of Oklahoma in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
 The Sooners are led by Lon Kruger in his first season.
 The team plays its home games at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma and are members of the Big 12 Conference. 

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 Leon Paul Rice (born November 25, 1963) is an American college basketball coach, and the head men's basketball coach at Boise State University.
 Rice replaced Greg Graham as head coach of the Broncos on March 26, 2010.
 In his first season as head coach, he led Boise State to the finals of the 2011 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament and to the semifinals of the 2011 College Basketball Invitational.
 He is the first Boise State head coach to win 20 games in two of his first three seasons and has 20 or more wins in six of his first seven seasons.
 In 2013, he guided the Broncos to their first ever at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
 In 2015, he led the Broncos to their first ever Mountain West regular season championship, and first conference title for Boise State since 2008, and was named the Mountain West coach of the year. 

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 Lindsay Catherine Gottlieb (born October 2, 1977) became the ninth University of California women's basketball coach on April 25, 2011.
 In just her second season in Berkeley, Gottlieb led the 2012–13 Golden Bears to the first Final Four in school history, their first Pac-12 Conference championship, and the most wins ever by a Cal women's basketball team (32-4).
 Gottlieb was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year by the media, and was one of the four finalists for the Naismith National Coach of the Year.
 In her first season at Cal, Gottlieb's Bears had a 25-10 record, making her the first women's basketball coach to win 20 games in her first season at California.
 That year, Gottlieb led the Bears to the second round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.
 Gottlieb spent the previous three years as the head coach at UCSB where she led the team to two regular-season Big West championships in 2009 and 2011, as well as the Big West Tournament championship in 2009.
 She earned her 100th career victory on February 3, 2013. 

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 Lawrence Harvey Brown (born September 14, 1940) is an American basketball coach, who was most recently head men's basketball coach at Southern Methodist University.
 He is the only coach in basketball history to win both an NCAA national championship (Kansas Jayhawks, 1988) and an NBA title (Detroit Pistons, 2004).
 He has a 1,275-965 lifetime professional coaching record in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) and is the only coach in NBA history to lead eight different teams to the playoffs.
 He also won an ABA championship as a player with the Oakland Oaks in the 1968–69 season, and an Olympic Gold Medal in 1964.
 He is also the only person ever to coach two NBA franchises in the same season (Spurs and Clippers during the 1991–92 NBA season).
 Before coaching, Brown played collegiately at the University of North Carolina and professionally in the ABA.
 He has been a basketball coach since 1972. 

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 Lonnie Duane Kruger (born August 19, 1952) is an American college and professional basketball coach who is currently the men's basketball head coach of the University of Oklahoma.
 Kruger played college basketball for Kansas State University.
 He has served as the head coach of the University of Texas–Pan American, Kansas State, the University of Florida, the University of Illinois, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, as well as the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). 

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 Chris Terrell (born June 2, 1972 in Canoga Park, California) is an American professional basketball coach of the Halifax Rainmen in the National Basketball League of Canada with extensive experience as both a professional basketball coach and general manager. 

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Answer: Lon Kruger