According to www.goazcats.com, Lute Olson, who has a career coaching record of 780-280, will not be coaching his team this season and for whatever reasons he came to this decision, CHJ passes no judgment on it whatsoever. Olson made Arizona basketball what it is and he gets a pass on this issue, without question. However, it will be interesting to see how the team fares with current interim Kevin O’Neill running the ship for the rest of the season.

Said Olson: “After consultation with my family, I have decided to extend my leave of absence for the remainder of the current basketball season. I do this with great reluctance, because I care greatly about the University of Arizona, the basketball program and the players on this team. But there are personal issues within my family that need to be addressed, and I must devote my full energy to that.

The story is just breaking, so there may be a little more that is squeezed out of it in the next 48 hours, but at least the team and the program can operate with a little more uniformity now.

Lute Olson Won’t Return This Year {GoAZCats}