Lon Kruger has decided to call time on his career as a head coach following what has been a decorated 35-year career. On Thursday, amid the flurry of NBA trade deadline moves, Oklahoma announced that the 68-year-old has decided to hang it up after 10 seasons with the team.

The basketball world now bids farewell to a legend as Kruger closes the book on what has been quite a career (h/t NCAA March Madness on Twitter):

As the above post states, Kruger holds the honor of being just one out of three coaches in the entire history of the NCAA to have coached no less than five different teams to the NCAA tournament. Aside from Oklahoma, who were just recently ousted from the tournament following Monday's 87-71 loss to No. 1 overall seed Gonzaga, Kruger has also brought Kansas State, Florida, Illinois, and UNLV to The Big Dance.

For the record, the other two coaches that have achieved a similar feat to that of Kruger's are Rick Pitino and Tubby Smith.

Kruger recently addressed his decision to call it a career, as he showed his appreciation for Oklahoma's basketball program:

“It's been an honor to serve the University of Oklahoma as its head men's basketball coach over the last 10 years. The people here are certainly amazing and our family is so grateful for the kindness and support expressed by Sooner Nation throughout the past decade,” Kruger said in a statement, via Kyle Boone of CBS Sports. “The leadership of Joe Castiglione and president Harroz has established an incredible culture and standard that is better than any coach could have asked for. We have such a deep appreciation for the players, coaches and fans. There truly is ‘Only One Oklahoma' and it's a great honor to be a Sooner for life.”

Thank you, coach Kruger, for being an iconic presence in the world of college basketball over the past three and a half decades. You will be missed.