BORN: Dec. 28, 1948 (Ellsworth)GRADUATED: Holyrood High School, 1967; Sterling College, 1971; Wichita State University, M.A., 1974Kansas is known as the “Cradle of Basketball Coaches.” With the likes of Adolph Rupp, Dean Smith, Eddie Sutton and Ralph Miller, all being born and raised in Kansas, that reputation comes naturally. Today, another name is added to that prestigious list and his accomplishments on the sidelines in his more than 30 years of coaching are some of the best credentials in the nation.A native of Holyrood, Kansas, Lonnie Kruse’s affiliation with the school he would become synonymous with, Sterling College, spans portions of six decades when Kruse signed with the Warriors out of high school to play basketball and run track in 1967.