# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lon-kruger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:34:38.555Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lon-kruger"
name: "Lon Kruger"
slug: "lon-kruger"
description: "Lonnie Duane Kruger is an American former college and professional basketball coach. Kruger played college basketball for Kansas State University. He served as the head coach of the University of Texas–Pan American, Kansas State, University of Florida, University of Illinois, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and University of Oklahoma as well as the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA)."
tagline: "American basketball player and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kruger_Hartman.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1952-08-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.36
  momentum:             11.32075471698113
  historical:           5.706122666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/LonKruger"
    handle:    "LonKruger"
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_Kruger"
    title: "Lon Kruger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "لون كروجير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_Kruger"
    title: "Lon Kruger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_Kruger"
    title: "Lon Kruger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_Kruger"
    title: "Lon Kruger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_Kruger"
    title: "Lon Kruger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3836556"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump