Arizona coach Lute Olson is taking a leave of absence for unspecified ... support and prayers and request that the media respect my family’s privacy during this time,” he said.

He also thought about Arizona’s legendary coach Lute Olson. “But I would be lying if I didn’t tell you that I didn’t have a thought of the old silver fox down there,” he said ...

Sampson relayed how he became the 31-year-old coach of another Cougar team, in Washington State, back in 1987 at exactly the same time that Lute Olson had turned the Wildcats into a national power.