Photos: Former Iowa men’s basketball coach Lute Olson through the years

Lute Olson, who coached the Iowa men's basketball program to both a Big Ten regular-season championship and an NCAA tournament Final Four, died Thursday at his home in Tucson, Ariz. He was 85.

Former Iowa Hawkeyes and Arizona head coach Lute Olson (from left) and former Iowa Hawkeyes player Ronnie Lester talk with reporters before the Cy-Hawk series basketball game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. (The Gazette)

Former Iowa Hawkeyes and Arizona head coach Lute Olson talks with reporters before the Cy-Hawk series basketball game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. (The Gazette)

The 1979-80 Iowa men's basketball team.

Iowa guard Steve Carfino (left), a native of Bellflower, California (Calif.), talking to a seated Bobbi Olson (right), the wife Iowa head basketball coach Lute Olson (center) in 1983. (The Gazette)

Iowa head basketball coach Lute Olson (right center) waves to wildly cheering fans, who gave the team a rousing homecoming after they beat Georgetown, 81-80, in the 1980 NCAA Eastern Regional Final in Philadelphia the night before. (The Gazette)

Ronnie Lester (right), Iowa's star basketball player, takes in the advice of head coach Lute Olson during a break in practice on Feb. 27, 1980. (The Gazette)

Members of the media listening to a talk in 1974 by Iowa head basketball coach Lute Olson (suit and tie, right center), during taping of 'The Lute Olson Show.' At left center with the white hair is renowned sportscaster Bob Brooks, and at far right with glasses is longtime WMT (AM-600) radio sportscaster Ron Gonder. (The Gazette)

Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson, center, and his wife, Bobbi Olson, wave to fans while leaving the court after Arizona won the NCAA championship on March 31, 1997, in Indianapolis. (Associated Press/Arizona Daily Star)

Members of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, Class of 2002, pose with their Hall of Fame jerseys, from left, Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, coaches Lute Olson and Kay Yow, Biserka Petrovic (the mother of the late Drazen Petrovic), coach Larry Brown and Tex Harrison (representing the Harlem Globetrotters) Wednesday, June 5, 2002, in Los Angeles. (Associated Press)

Lute Olson, former University of Iowa basketball coach, is interviewed inside the Field House with his wife, Bobbi, as the team returns to a rally after Iowa won the NCAA Regional Championsips on March 16, 1980. (The Gazette)

Former Iowa basketball coach Lute Olson talks about his team's run to the Final Four during the 1979-1980 season Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. (The Gazette)

Iowa coach Lute Olson (left) gives All-Americn guard Ronnie Lester a hug in pregame ceremonies honoring Iowa's all-time leading scorer on March 1, 1980. (The Gazette)

Iowa head coach Lute Olson introducing three incoming freshmen to the Iowa basketball team during a 1979 press conference. From left are: Mark Gannon (Iowa City Regina), Bob 'Bobby' Hansen (West Des Moines Dowling), and Mike Heller. The players wear the home jerseys from the previous season. In the 1979-1980 season, the team sported new script 'Hawks' lettering on the front. In the background on an easel at right is an artist's conception of the proposed new sports facility in Iowa City that would become known as Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Iowa head coach Lute Olson standing in front of a glum Hawkeye bench during first half action on Nov. 14, 1979 in the Fieldhouse. The Hawkeyes were playing an exhibition game against a touring Soviet Union team. The Soviets led at the half, 38-28, and went on to win, 90-66. After the game, coach Olson described it as 'men against boys,' and praised the improvement of the Soviet team, who Iowa had beaten the year before. Seated on the bench behind Olson in the background are, from left: assistant coaches Ken Burmeister, Jim Rosborough and Tony McAndrews; players Ronnie Lester, Jon Darsee, Mike Arens and Mike Heller. (The Gazette)

Iowa head basketball coach Lute Olson (left) posing with Iowa Athletics Director 'Bump' Elliott at the Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport following Olson's arrival from California. Olson, the former Long Beach State coach, was introduced in Iowa City as Iowa's new coach on March 18, 1974. (The Gazette)

Iowa head basketball coach Lute Olson striking a serious pose in the Iowa Fieldhouse in March 1974. (The Gazette)

Iowa basketball coach Lute Olson, here intensely watching the flight of one of his fairway shots, demonstrated Monday that he's just as popular with Hawkeye fans in the summer as he is in the winter. Olson was cheered loud and often as he made his way around Finkbine Golf Course during the 16th annual Amana VIP on June 28, 1982.

Former Iowa and Arizona head coach Lute Olson (from left) and former Iowa Hawkeyes player Ronnie Lester talk with reporters before the Cy-Hawk series basketball game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. (The Gazette)

Lute Olson (right) tells a story as he signs a copy of his new book 'Lute! The Seasons of My Life' for Dr. Dave Johnston of Solon Friday, October 27, 2006 at Iowa Book and Supply in Iowa City. Dr. Johnston was Olson's team physician while he was coaching at Iowa. (The Gazette)

Steve Waite finishes cutting down a net while being propped up by teammates William Mayfield and Dick Peth as Kevin Boyle (40) looks on. The Iowa men's basketball team earned a share of the Big Ten men's basketball title on March 3, 1979, when the Hawkeyes beat Northwestern in the Iowa Field House, 95-64. (The Gazette)

All-America forward Craig Shelton (center) of Georgetown University catches his fingers in the rim as he attempts to block a layup attempt by Iowa center Steve Waite (52, left center) with five seconds left in the East Regional Final at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. Shelton fouled Waite, who made the shot and subsequent free throw, to put Iowa up 81-78. The Hawkeyes then allowed an uncontested layup at the other end as time expired to make the final score Iowa 81, Georgetown 80. The win sent the Hawkeyes to the Final Four in Indianapolis. At far left is Georgetown guard Eric 'Sleepy' Floyd, who was named First Team All-America in 1982. (The Gazette)

Iowa's Vince Brookins walks off the court Sunday with a net over his shoulders after Iowa's come-from-behind 81-80 win over Georgetown in the East Regional final at The Spectrum in Philadelphia on March 16, 1980. (The Gazette)

Iowa forward William Mayfield (24, left) wears a net around his neck accompanied by Hawkeye head coach Lute Olson following a 95-64 Iowa defeat of Northwestern in the Fieldhouse in Iowa City on March 3, 1979. (The Gazette)

Hawkeye basketball players wade through a hysterically joyful crowd in the Iowa Fieldhouse during the wee hours of the morning on March 17, 1980 after beating Georgetown to reach the NCAA Final Four. (The Gazette)