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Massillon, OhioPlaying career1959–1962Ohio StatePosition(s)ForwardCoaching career(HCunless noted)1962–1963Cuyahoga Falls Men\'s Olympic Team2001–2008Texas TechHead coaching recordOverall902–371 (.709)Accomplishments and honorsChampionshipsAs a player:
NCAA champion(1960)
As a head coach:
3× NCAA championships (1976,1981,1987)
5×NCAAregional championships - Final Four (1973,1976,1981,1987,1992)
11×Big Ten regular season championships(1973–1976, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993)
NITchampionship (1979)Awards2×Henry Iba Award(1975, 1989)
Naismith College Coach of the Year(1987)
Clair Bee Coach of the Year Award(2002)
8×Big TenCoach of the Year (1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1992, 1993)
Naismith Award for Men\'s Outstanding Contribution to Basketball(2007)Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1991College Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2006Medal record[hide]Head Coach forUnited Statesmen\'s national basketball teamPan American Games1979 San JuanMen\'s BasketballOlympic Games1984 Los AngelesMen\'s Basketball

Robert Montgomery Knight(born October 25, 1940) is a retired Americanbasketballcoach. Nicknamed \"The General\", Knight won 902NCAADivision Imen\'s college basketball games, the most all-time at the time of his retirement and currently second all-time, behind his former player and assistant coachMike KrzyzewskiofDuke University. Knight is best known as the head coach of theIndiana Hoosiersfrom 1971 to 2000. He also coached atTexas Tech(2001–2008) and atArmy(1965–1971).[1]

While at Indiana, Knight led his teams to threeNCAA championships, oneNational Invitation Tournament(NIT) championship, and 11Big Ten Conferencechampionships. His1975–76team went undefeated during the regular season and won the1976 NCAA tournament. The 1976 Indiana squad is the last college basketball team to go undefeated for the entire season. Knight received National Coach of the Year honors four times and Big Ten Coach of the Year honors eight times. In 1984, he coached theUSA men\'s Olympic teamto a gold medal, becoming one of only three basketball coaches to win an NCAA title, NIT title, and an Olympic gold medal.[2]

Knight was one of college basketball\'s most successful and innovative coaches, having perfected and popularized themotion offense. He has also been praised for running clean programs (none of his teams was ever sanctioned by the NCAA for recruiting violations), and most of his players graduated. However, Knight has also been involved in controversy; he famously threw a chair across the court during a game, was once arrested forassault, and regularly displayed a combative nature during encounters with members of the press.[3]Knight remains \"the object of near fanatical devotion\" from many of his former players and Indiana fans.[4]

In 2008, Knight joinedESPNas a men\'s college basketball studio analyst during Championship Week and for coverage of the NCAA Tournament.[5]He continued covering college basketball for ESPN through the 2014–15 season.[6]

Contents[hide]

• 1Player
• 2Coach of Army Black Knights
• 3Coach of Indiana University Hoosiers
  • 3.11970s
  • 3.21980s
  • 3.31990s
  • 3.4Dismissal from Indiana
• 4International coaching
• 5Coach of Texas Tech Red Raiders
• 6Life after coaching
• 7Coaching philosophy
• 8Legacy
  • 8.1Accomplishments
  • 8.2Recognition
  • 8.3Coaching tree
• 9In the media
  • 9.1Books about Knight
  • 9.2Film and television
• 10Family and charity
• 11Criticism and controversy
  • 11.11970s
  • 11.21980s
  • 11.31990s
  • 11.42000s
  • 11.52010s
• 12Head coaching record
• 13See also
• 14Notes
• 15References
• 16External links

Player[edit]

Knight was born inMassillon, Ohio, and grew up inOrrville, Ohio.[7]Knight began playing organized basketball atOrrville High School. He continued atOhio Statein 1958 when he played forBasketball Hall of FamecoachFred Taylor. Despite being a star player in high school, he played a reserve role as a forward on the1960 Ohio State Buckeyes teamthat won the NCAA Championship and featured future Hall of Fame playersJohn HavlicekandJerry Lucas. The Buckeyes lost to theCincinnati Bearcatsin each of the next two NCAA Championship games, of which Knight was also a part.

Due in part to the star power of those Ohio State teams, Knight usually received scant playing time, but that did not prevent him from making an impact. In the 1961 NCAA Championship game, Knight came off the bench with 1:41 on the clock and Cincinnati leading Ohio State, 61-59. In the words of then-Ohio State assistant coachFrank Truitt,

Knight got the ball in the left front court and faked a drive into the middle. Then [he] crossed over like he worked on it all his life and drove right in and laid it up. That tied the game for us, and Knight ran clear across the floor like a 100-yard dash sprinter and ran right at me and said, \'See there, coach, I should have been in that game a long time ago!\'

To which Truitt replied, \"Sit down, you hot dog. You\'re lucky you\'re even on the floor.\"[8]

In addition to lettering in basketball at Ohio State, it has been claimed that Knight also lettered in football and baseball;[9]however, the official list of Ohio State football letter earners does not include Knight.[10]Knight graduated with a degree in history and government in 1962.

Coach of Army Black Knights[edit]

After graduation in 1962, Knight coached junior varsity basketball atCuyahoga Falls High Schoolin Ohio for one year.[11]Knight then enlisted in theUnited States Armyand accepted an assistant coaching position with theArmy Black Knightsin 1963, where, two years later, he was named head coach at the relatively young age of 24. In six seasons at West Point, Knight won 102 games, with his first as a head coach coming againstWorcester Polytechnic Institute. One of his players wasMike Krzyzewski, who later served as his assistant before becoming a Hall of Fame head coach atDuke.Mike Sillimanwas another of Knight\'s players at Army, and Knight was quoted as saying, \"Mike Silliman is the best player I have ever coached.\"

During his tenure at Army, Knight gained a reputation for having an explosive temper. For example, after Army\'s 66-60 loss to BYU and Hall of Fame coachStan Wattsin the semifinals of the1966 NIT, Knight completely lost control, kicking lockers and verbally blasting the officials. Embarrassed, he later went to Watts\' hotel room and apologized. Watts forgave him, and is quoted as saying, \"I want you to know that you\'re going to be one of the bright young coaches in the country, and it\'s just a matter of time before you win a national championship.\"[12]

Coach of Indiana University Hoosiers[edit]

In 1971,Indiana Universityhired Knight as head coach. During his 29 years as head coach at Indiana, the Hoosiers won 662 games, including 22 seasons of 20 or more wins, while losing 239, a .735 winning percentage.[13]In 24 NCAA tournament appearances at Indiana, Hoosier teams under Knight won 42 of 63 games (.667), winning titles in1976,1981, and1987, while losing in the semi-finals in 1973 and 1992.[14]

1970s[edit]

In1972–73, Knight\'s second year as coach, Indiana won the Big Ten championship and reached the Final Four, but lost toUCLA. The following season, 1973–74, Indiana once again captured a Big Ten title. In the two following seasons,1974–75and1975–76, the Hoosiers were undefeated in the regular season and won 37-consecutive Big Ten games, including two more Big Ten championships. The1974–75Hoosiers swept the entire Big Ten by an average of 22.8 points per game. However, in an 83–82 win againstPurduethey lost consensus All-American forwardScott Mayto a broken left arm. With May\'s injury keeping him to 7 minutes of play, the No. 1 Hoosiers lost toKentucky92–90 in theMideast Regional. The Hoosiers were so dominant that four starters –Scott May,Steve Green,Kent BensonandQuinn Buckner– would make the five-man All-Big Ten team. The following season,1975–76, the Hoosiers went the entire season and1976 NCAA tournamentwithout a single loss, beatingMichigan86–68 in the title game. Immediately after the game, Knight lamented that \"it should have been two.\" The 1976 Hoosiers remains the last undefeated NCAA Division I men\'s basketball team.[15][16]Through these two seasons, Knight\'s teams were undefeated in the regular season, including a perfect 37–0 record in Big Ten games on their way to their third and fourth conference titles in a row. Behind the play ofMike WoodsonIndiana won the1979 NITchampionship.

1980s[edit]

The 1979–80 Hoosiers, led byMike WoodsonandIsiah Thomas, won the Big Ten championship and advanced to the1980 Sweet Sixteen. The following season, in1980–81, Thomas and the Hoosiers once again won a conference title and won the1981 NCAA tournament, Knight\'s second national title. In 1982–1983, with the strong play ofUwe Blaband All-AmericansTed KitchelandRandy Wittman, the No. 1 ranked Hoosiers were favorites to win another national championship. However, with an injury to All-AmericanTed Kitchelmid-season, the Hoosiers\' prospects were grim. Knight asked for fan support to rally around the team and, when the team ultimately won the Big Ten title, he ordered that a banner be hung for the team inAssembly Hallas a tribute to the fans, who he credited with inspiring the team to win its final three home games. Nevertheless, in the tournament Kitchel\'s absence was felt and the team lost to Kentucky in the1983 Sweet Sixteen.

Knight with young fans atFrank Truitt\'s house inColumbus, summer of 1988

The1985–86Hoosiers were profiled in a best-selling bookA Season on the Brink. To write it Knight granted authorJohn Feinsteinalmost unprecedented access to the Indiana basketball program, as well as insights into Knight\'s private life. The following season, in1986–87, the Hoosiers were led by All-AmericanSteve Alfordand captured a share of the Big Ten title. The team won Knight\'s third national championship (the school\'s fifth) againstSyracusein the1987 NCAA tournamentwith a game-winning jump shot byKeith Smartwith five seconds of play remaining in the championship game.[17]In the 1988–1989 season the Hoosiers were led by All-AmericanJay Edwardsand won a Big Ten championship.

1990s[edit]

From 1990–91 through1992–93, the Hoosiers posted 87 victories, the most by any Big Ten team in a three-year span, breaking the mark of 86 set by Knight\'s Indiana teams of 1974–76. Teams from these three seasons spent all but two of the 53 poll weeks in the top 10, and 38 of them in the top 5. They captured two Big Ten crowns in 1990–91 and1992–93, and during the1991–92season reached theFinal Four. During the1992–93season, the 31–4 Hoosiers finished the season at the top of theAP Poll, but were defeated byKansasin theElite Eight. Teams from this era includedGreg Graham,Pat Knight, All-AmericansDamon BaileyandAlan Henderson, and National Player of the YearCalbert Cheaney.

Throughout the mid and late 1990s Knight continued to experience success with continual NCAA tournament appearances and a minimum of 19 wins each season. However, 1993 would be Knight\'s last conference championship and 1994 would be his last trip to the Sweet Sixteen.

Dismissal from Indiana[edit]

On March 14, 2000 (just before Indiana was to begin play in the NCAA tournament), theCNN Sports Illustratednetwork ran a piece on Knight in which former playerNeil Reedclaimed he had been choked by Knight during a 1997 practice.[18]Knight denied the claims in the story. However, less than a month later, the network aired a tape of an Indiana practice from 1997 that appeared to show Knight placing his hand on the neck of Reed.[19]

\"When my time on Earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass.\"—Bob Knight, March 1994[20]

In response, Indiana University presidentMyles Brandannounced that he had adopted a \"zero tolerance\" policy with regard to Knight\'s behavior.[21]Later in the year, in September 2000, Indiana freshman Kent Harvey reportedly said, \"Hey, Knight, what\'s up?\" to Knight. According to Harvey, Knight then grabbed him by the arm and lectured him for not showing him respect, insisting that Harvey address him as either \"Mr. Knight\" or \"Coach Knight\" instead of simply \"Knight.\"[19]Brand stated that this incident was only one of numerous complaints that occurred after the zero-tolerance policy had been put into place. Brand asked Knight to resign on September 10, and when Knight refused, Brand relieved him of his coaching duties effective immediately. Knight\'s dismissal was met with outrage from students. That night, thousands of Indiana students marched from Indiana University\'s Assembly Hall to Brand\'s home, burning Brand ineffigy.[19]

Harvey was supported by some and vilified by many who claim he had intentionally set up Knight. Kent Harvey\'s stepfather, Mark Shaw, was a former Bloomington-area radio talk show host and Knight critic.[22]On September 13, Knight said goodbye to a crowd of some 6,000 supporters in Dunn Meadow at Indiana University. He asked that they not hold a grudge against Harvey and that they continue to support the basketball team.[23]Knight\'s firing made national headlines, including the cover ofSports Illustratedand around the clock coverage on ESPN.

International coaching[edit]

In 1979 Knight guided the United States Pan American team to a gold medal in Puerto Rico. In 1984 Knight led theU.S. national teamto a gold medal in theOlympic Gamesas coach of the1984 basketball team(coaches do not receive medals in the Olympics). Players on the team includedMichael Jordanand Knight\'s Indiana player and protegeSteve Alford.

Coach of Texas Tech Red Raiders[edit]Knight watches his team practice in November 2007.

Following his dismissal from Indiana, Knight took a season off and was on the lookout for coaching vacancies. He accepted the head coaching position atTexas Tech, although his hiring was opposed by a faculty group that was led by Walter Schaller.[24]When he was introduced at the press conference, Knight quipped, \"This is without question the most comfortable red sweater I\'ve had on in six years.\"[25]

Knight quickly improved the program, which had not been to an NCAA tournament since 1996. He led the team to postseason appearances in each of his first four years at the school (three NCAA Championship tournaments and one NIT). After a rough 2006 season, the team improved in 2007, finishing 21–13 and again making it to the NCAA Championship tournament, where it lost toBoston Collegein the first round. The best performance by the Red Raiders under Knight came in 2005 when they advanced as far as theSweet Sixteen. In both 2006 and 2007 under Knight, Texas Tech defeated two Top 10-ranked teams in consecutive weeks. During Knight\'s first six years at Texas Tech, the Red Raiders won 126 games, an average of 21 wins per season.

On February 4, 2008, Knight retired as head basketball coach of Texas Tech. His sonPat Knight, the head coach designate since 2005, was immediately named as his successor. The younger Knight had said that after many years of coaching, his father was exhausted and ready to retire.[26]Just after achieving his 900th win, Knight handed the job over to Pat in the mid-season in part to allow him to get acquainted with coaching the team earlier, instead of having him wait until October, the start of the next season.[27]Knight continued to live in Lubbock after he retired.[28]

Life after coaching[edit]

In 2008, ESPN hired Knight as a studio analyst and occasional color commentator.[29]In November 2012, he called an Indiana men\'s basketball game for the first time, something he had previously refused to do. Former Indiana men\'s basketball coachTom Creanreached out to Knight in an attempt to get him to visit the school again. Knight has thus far rebuffed all attempts to bring him back to Indiana University.[30]On April 2, 2015, ESPN announced that it would not renew its contract with Knight.[31]

Coaching philosophy[edit]

Knight was an innovator of themotion offense, which he perfected and popularized.[32]The system emphasizes post players setting screens and perimeter players passing the ball until a teammate becomes open for an uncontestedjump shotorlay-up. This required players to be unselfish, disciplined, and effective in setting and usingscreensto get open.

Knight\'s motion offense didn\'t take shape until he began coaching at Indiana. Prior to that, at Army, he ran a \"reverse action\" that involved reversing the ball from one side of the floor to the other and screening along with it.[32]According to Knight, it was a \"West Coast offense\" thatPete Newellused exclusively during his coaching career. After being exposed to thePrinceton offense, Knight instilled more cutting with the offense he employed, which evolved into the motion offense that he ran for most of his career.[32]Knight continued to develop the offense, instituting different cuts over the years and putting his players in different scenarios.

Knight was well known for the extreme preparation he put into each game and practice. He was often quoted as saying, \"Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.\"[33]Often during practice, Knight would instruct his players to a certain spot on the floor and give them options of what to do based on how the defense might react.[32]In contrast to set plays, Knight\'s offense was designed to react according to the defense.

The3-point shotwas adopted by the NCAA in 1986, which was midway through Knight\'s coaching career. Although he opposed the rule change throughout his life, it did complement his offense well by improving the spacing on the floor.[32]He sardonically said at the time that he supported institution of the three point shot because if a team\'s offense was functioning efficiently enough to get a layup the team should be rewarded with three points for that basket. Knight\'s offense also emphasized a two-count.[32]Players in the post are expected to try to post in the paint for two seconds and if they don\'t receive the ball they go set a screen. Players with the ball are expected to hold the ball for two seconds to see where they are going to take it. Screens are supposed to be held for two seconds, as well.

On defense Knight was known for emphasizing tenacious \"man-to-man\" defense where defenders contest every pass and every shot, and to help teammates when needed. However, Knight has also incorporated a zone defense periodically after eschewing that defense for the first two decades of his coaching career.[34]

Knight\'s coaching also included a firm emphasis on academics. All but four of his four-year players completed their degrees, which was a ratio of nearly 98 percent. Nearly 80 percent of his players graduated; this figure was much higher than the national average of 42 percent for Division 1 style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Knight\'s all time coaching record is 902–371. His 902 wins inNCAADivision Imen\'s college basketball games is second all-time to Knight\'s former player Mike Krzyzewski. Knight achieved his 880th career win on January 1, 2007 and passed retired North Carolina coachDean Smithfor most career victories, a title he held until his win total was surpassed by Krzyzewski on November 15, 2011. Knight is the youngest coach to reach 200 (age 35), 300 (age 40) and 400 (age 44) wins. He was also among the youngest to reach other milestones of 500 (age 48) and 600 (age 52) wins.

Texas Tech\'s participation in the2007 NCAA Tournamentgave Knight more NCAA tournament appearances than any other coach.[36]He is the only coach to win the NCAA, the NIT, anOlympicGold medal, and aPan American GamesGold medal.[36]Knight is also one of only three people, along withDean SmithandJoe B. Hall, who had both played on and coached an NCAA Tournament championship basketball team.

Recognition[edit]

Knight received a number of personal honors during and after his coaching career. He was named the National Coach of the Year four times (1975, 1976, 1987, 1989) and Big Ten Coach of the Year eight times (1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1992, 1993). In 1975 he was a unanimous selection as National Coach of the Year, an honor he was accorded again in 1976 by the Associated Press, United Press International, andBasketball Weekly. In 1987 he was the first person to be honored with theNaismith Coach of the Year Award. In 1989 he garnered National Coach of the Year honors by the AP, UPI, and the United States Basketball Writers Association. Knight was inducted into theBasketball Hall of Famein 1991.

Knight (right) with Krzyzewski, circa 1968

On November 17, 2006, Knight was recognized for his impact on college basketball as a member of the founding class of theNational Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. The following year, he was the recipient of theNaismith Award for Men\'s Outstanding Contribution to Basketball.[37]Knight was also inducted into theArmySports Hall of Fame (Class of 2008) and theIndiana Hoosiersathletics Hall of Fame (Class of 2009). In August 2003, he was honored as the first inductee in The Vince Lombardi Titletown Legends.

Coaching tree[edit]Main article:Coaching legacy of Bob Knight

A number of Knight\'s assistant coaches, players, and managers have gone on to be coaches. Among them are Hall of Fame Duke coachMike Krzyzewski, UCLA coachSteve Alford,Murry Bartowand NBA coachesRandy Wittman,Mike Woodson,Keith Smart,Isiah Thomas, Evansville CoachMarty Simmons, St. Louis CoachJim Crews,Lawrence FrankandTexas TechcoachChris Beard.

In the media[edit]Books about Knight[edit]

In 1986 authorJohn FeinsteinpublishedA Season on the Brink, which detailed the1985–86 seasonof theIndiana Hoosiers. Granted almost unprecedented access to the Indiana basketball program, as well as insights into Knight\'s private life, the book quickly became a major best-seller and spawned a new genre, as a legion of imitators wrote works covering a single year of a sports franchise. In the book Feinstein depicts a coach who is quick with a violent temper, but also one who never cheats and strictly follows all of the NCAA\'s rules.

Two years later, author Joan Mellen penned the bookBob Knight: His Own Man(ISBN0-380-70809-4), in part to rebut Feinstein\'sA Season on the Brink. Mellen deals with seemingly all the causes celebres in Knight\'s career and presents the view that he is more sinned against than sinning.

A number of close associates and friends of Knight have also written books about him. Former player and currentUCLAhead basketball coachSteve AlfordwrotePlaying for Knight: My Six Seasons with Bobby Knight, published in 1990.

Knight\'s autobiography, written with longtime friend and sports journalist Bob Hammel, was titledKnight: My Storyand published in 2003. Three years later Steve Delsohn and Mark Heisler wroteBob Knight: An Unauthorized Biography.

Film and television[edit]

Knight has appeared or been featured in numerous films and television productions. In 1994 a feature film titledBlue Chipsfeatured a character named Pete Bell, a volatile but honest college basketball coach under pressure to win who decides to blatantly violate NCAA rules to field a competitive team after a sub-par season. It starredNick Nolteas Bell and NBA starShaquille O\'Nealas Neon Bodeaux, a once-in-a-lifetime player Bell woos to his school with gifts and other perks. The coach\'s temper and wardrobe were modeled after Knight\'s, though at no time had Knight been known to illegally recruit. Knight himself appears in the movie and coaches against Nolte in the film\'s climactic game.

ESPN\'s first feature-length film wasA Season on the Brink, a 2002 TV adaptation from John Feinstein\'s book. In the movie Knight is played by veteran character actorBrian Dennehy. ESPN also featured Knight in areality showtitledKnight School, which followed a handful of Texas Tech students as they competed for the right to join the basketball team as a non-scholarship player.

Knight made a cameo appearance as himself in the 2003 filmAnger Management. In 2008, Knight appeared in a commercial as part ofVolkswagen\'s Das Auto series where Max, a 1964 blackBeetleinterviews famous people. When Knight talked about Volkswagen winning the best resale value award in 2008, Max replied, \"At least one of us is winning a title this year.\" This prompted Knight to throw his chair off the stage and walk out saying, \"I may not be retired.\"[38]

Knight also made an appearance in a TV commercial forGuitar Hero: Metallicawith fellow coachesMike Krzyzewski,Rick Pitino, andRoy Williams, in a parody ofTom CruiseinRisky Business.[39]

In 2009, Knight produced three instructional coaching DVD libraries—on motion offense, man-to-man defense, and instilling mental toughness—with Championship Productions.

Family and charity[edit]Knight with his sonPatwhile coaching at Texas Tech.

Knight married Nancy Falk[40]on April 17, 1963 and the two divorced in 1985. Together they had two sons, Tim andPat. Pat played at Indiana from 1991 to 1995 and served as head coach atLamarfrom the time of his father\'s retirement until he was dismissed in 2014. Pat Knight coached Texas Tech after his father\'s retirement before he moved to Lamar. In 1988, Knight married his second wife, Karen Vieth Edgar, a former Oklahoma high school basketball coach.[41]

Knight has a high regard for education and has made generous donations to the schools he has been a part of, particularly libraries. AtIndiana UniversityKnight endowed two chairs, one in history and one in law. He also raised nearly $5 million for the Indiana University library system by championing a library fund to support the library\'s activities. The fund was ultimately named in his honor.[citation needed]

When Knight came to Texas Tech in 2001, he gave $10,000 to the library, the first gift to the Coach Knight Library Fund which has now collected over $300,000.[42]On November 29, 2007, the Texas Tech library honored this withA Legacy of Giving: The Bob Knight Exhibit.[43]

Criticism and controversy[edit]1970s[edit]

• It was reported (although years after the incident) that Knight choked and punched IU\'s longtime sports information director, Kit Klingelhoffer, in the 1970s, over a news release that upset the coach.[7]
• On December 7, 1974, Indiana and Kentucky met in the regular season in Bloomington with a 98–74 Indiana win. Near the end of the game, Bob Knight went to the Kentucky bench where the official was standing to complain about a call. Before he left, Knight hit Kentucky coachJoe B. Hallin the back of the head.[44]UK\'s assistant coach Lynn Nance, a former FBI agent who was about 6 feet 5 inches, had to be restrained by Hall from hitting Knight. Hall later said, \"It publicly humiliated me.\"[45]Knight said the slap to the head was something he has done, \"affectionately\" to his own players for years. \"But maybe someone would not like that,\" he said. \"If Joe didn\'t like it, I offer an apology. I don\'t apologize for the intent.\" ... \"Hall and I have been friends for a long time,\" Knight said. \"If he wants to dissolve the friendship, that\'s up to him.\"[46]Knight blamed the furor on Hall, noting in his inimitable style, \"If it was meant to be malicious, I\'d have blasted the fucker into the seats.\"[47]
• During the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Knight was accused of assaulting a police officer while coaching the US Basketball team before a practice session. He was later convicted in absentia to a six-month jail sentence, but extradition efforts by the Puerto Rican government were not successful.[48]
• 1960 Olympic gold medalistDouglas Blubaughwas head wrestling coach at IU from 1973 to 1984. Early in his tenure while he jogged in the practice facility during basketball practice, Knight yelled at him to leave, using more than one vulgar expletive. Blubaugh pinned Knight to a wall, and told him never to repeat his performance. He never did.[49]

1980s[edit]

• In a game at Bloomington on January 31, 1981 between Indiana and Purdue, Hoosier starIsiah Thomasallegedly hit Purdue guardRoosevelt Barnesin what some critics described as a \"sucker punch\".[50]Video replay shown by Knight later showed Barnes had mistakenly thrown the first punch, and that Thomas was merely reacting to this. When the two schools played their second game of the season at Purdue on February 7, 1981, Knight claimed a number of derisive chants were directed at him, his wife, and Indiana University. In response Knight invited Purdue athletic director George King on his weekly television show to discuss the matter, but King declined. Therefore, in place of King, Knight brought onto the show a \"jackass\" (maledonkey) wearing a Purdue hat as a representative of Purdue.[51][52]The1980–81 Hoosierswould go on to win the1981 NCAA National Championship, the school\'s fourth national title.
• On Saturday, February 23, 1985 during a game at Bloomington between Purdue and Indiana, just five minutes into the game, a scramble for a loose ball resulted in a foul call on Indiana\'s Marty Simmons. Immediately after the resumption of play, a foul was called on Indiana\'s Daryl Thomas. Knight, irate, insisted the first of the two calls should have been for ajump balland ultimately received atechnical foul. Purdue\'s Steve Reid stepped to thefree throw lineto shoot the resulting free throws, but before he could, Knight grabbed a red plastic chair from Indiana\'s bench and threw it across the floor toward the basket in front of Reid. Knight was charged with second and third technical fouls and was ejected from the game. He apologized for his actions the next day and was given a one-game suspension and two years probation from theBig Ten. Since the incident, Knight has occasionally joked about throwing the chair by saying that he saw an old lady standing on the opposite sideline and threw her the chair so she could sit down.[53][54]
• Women\'s groups nationwide were outraged by Knight\'s comments during an April 1988 interview withConnie Chungin which he said, \"I think that if rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it.\" The same comment had already gotten weathermanTex Antoinefired fromWABC-TVin New York twelve years earlier and would ultimately derail the Texas gubernatorial offer ofClayton Williamstwo years later.[55]Knight\'s comment was in reference to an Indiana basketball game in which he felt the referees were making poor calls against the Hoosiers.

1990s[edit]

• At a practice leading up to an Indiana–Purdue game in West Lafayette in 1991, Knight unleashed a torrent of expletives and threats designed to motivate his Indiana team. In one portion he exclaims he is \"fucking tired of losing to Purdue.\" Unknown to most, someone was secretly taping the speech. The speech has since gone viral and has over 1.84 million views on YouTube alone.[56]Although it is still not known who taped the speech, many former players suspect it was former manager and current NBA assistant coachLawrence Frank. Players who were present were unable to remember the specific speech because such expletive-filled outbursts by Knight were so frequent.[57]
• In March 1992 prior to the NCAA regional finals, controversy erupted after Knight playfully mock whipped Indiana playersCalbert Cheaneyand Pat Graham during practice. The bullwhip had been given to Knight as a gift from his team. Several black leaders complained at the racial connotations of the act, given that Cheaney was a black student.[58]
• In January 1993, Knight mentioned the arrival ofIvan Renkoto his team as a trick meant to expose disreputable basketball recruiting experts. Even though Renko was completely fictitious, several recruiting services started listing him as a prospect.
• Knight was recorded berating an NCAA volunteer at a March 1995 post-game press conference following a 65–60 loss to Missouri in the first round of the NCAA tournament held in Boise, Idaho. The volunteer, Rance Pugmire, informed the press that Knight would not be attending the press conference, when in reality, Knight was running a few minutes late and had planned on attending per NCAA rules. Knight was shown saying: \"You\'ve only got two people that are going to tell you I\'m not going to be here. One is our SID [Sports Information Director], and the other is me. Who the hell told you I wasn\'t going to be here? I\'d like to know. Do you have any idea who it was? ... Who? ... They were from Indiana, right? ... No, they weren\'t from Indiana, and you didn\'t get it from anybody from Indiana, did you?...No, I—I\'ll handle this the way I want to handle it now that I\'m here. You (EXPLETIVE) it up to begin with. Now just sit there or leave. I don\'t give (EXPLETIVE) what you do. Now back to the game.\"[59][60]
• Former Indiana playerNeil Reedalleged that Knight had grabbed him by the neck in a choking manner during a 1997 practice. A videotape of the incident was shown on CNN.[7]

2000s[edit]

• On February 19, 2000, Clarence Doninger, Knight\'s boss, alleged to have been physically threatened by the coach during a confrontation after a game.[7]
• An Indiana investigation inquired about an allegation in which Knight berated and physically intimidated a university secretary, once throwing a potted plant in anger, showering her with glass and debris. The university later asked the coach to issue an apology to the secretary.[7]
• It was alleged that Knight attacked assistant coach Ron Felling, throwing him out of a chair after overhearing him criticizing the basketball program in a phone conversation.[7]
• On September 8, 2000, Indiana freshman Kent Harvey told campus police Knight grabbed him roughly by the arm and berated him for speaking to the coach disrespectfully. Knight admitted putting his hand on the student\'s arm and lecturing him on civility, but denied that he was rough or raised his voice. The coach was fired from the university two days later.[7]
• Two days after Knight was fired from Indiana University,Jeremy Schaapof ESPN interviewed him and discussed his time at Indiana. Towards the end of the interview, Knight talked about his son, Pat, who had also been dismissed by the university, wanting an opportunity to be a head coach. Schaap, thinking that Knight was finished, attempted to move on to another subject, but Knight insisted on continuing about his son. Schaap repeatedly tried to ask another question when Knight shifted the conversation to Schaap\'s style of interviewing, notably chastising him about interruptions. Knight then commented (referring to Schaap\'s father,Dick Schaap), \"You\'ve got a long way to go to be as good as your dad!\"[61]
• In March 2006, a student\'s heckling atBaylor Universityresulted in Knight having to be restrained by a police officer. The incident was not severe enough to warrant any action from theBig 12 Conference.[62]
• On November 13, 2006, Knight was shown allegedly hitting player Michael Prince under the chin to get him to make eye contact. Although Knight didn\'t comment on the incident afterwards and has not yet done so, Prince, his parents, and Texas Tech Athletic DirectorGerald Myersinsisted that Knight did nothing wrong and that he merely lifted Prince\'s chin and told him, \"Hold your head up and don\'t worry about mistakes. Just play the game.\" Prince commented, \"He was trying to teach me and I had my head down so he raised my chin up. He was telling me to go out there and don\'t be afraid to make mistakes. He said I was being too hard on myself.\"[63]
• On October 21, 2007, James Simpson ofLubbock, Texas, accused Knight of firing a shotgun in his direction after he yelled at Knight and another man for hunting too close to his home.[64]Knight denied the allegations. An argument between the two men was recorded via camera phone and aired later on television.[65]
• On December 17, 2009, Knight insulted longtime rivalKentuckyand its coachJohn Calipari, saying, \"We\'ve gotten into this situation where integrity is really lacking and that\'s why I\'m glad I\'m not coaching. You see we\'ve got a coach at Kentucky, who put two schools [UMassandMemphis] on probation and he\'s still coaching. I really don\'t understand that.\"

2010s[edit]

• On April 18, 2011, video surfaced showing Knight responding to a question concerning John Calipari and Kentucky\'s men\'s basketball team by stating that inthe previous season, Kentucky made an Elite Eight appearance with \"five players who had not attended a single class that semester.\" These claims were later disproven by the University and the players in question, includingPatrick Patterson, who graduated in three years, andJohn Wall, who finished the semester in question with a 3.5 GPA.[66]Knight later apologized for his comments stating, \"My overall point is that \'one-and-dones\' are not healthy for college basketball. I should not have made it personal to Kentucky and its players and I apologize.\"[67]
• Former Indiana basketball player Todd Jadlow has written a book alleging that from 1985 to 1989 former IU coach Bob Knight punched him, broke a clipboard over his head, and squeezed his testicles and the testicles of other Hoosiers, among other abuses.[68]

Head coaching Cadets(NCAA University Division First Round1968–69Army18–10NIT Semifinal1969–70Army22–6NIT (.671)Indiana Hoosiers(Big Ten First Final Elite Sweet Sweet Round of 321982–83Indiana24–613–51stNCAA Sweet Elite Round of Round of 641988–89Indiana27–815–31stNCAA Sweet Round of Sweet Final Four1992–93Indiana31–417–11stNCAA Elite Sweet Round of Round of Round of Round of Round of 321999–00Indiana20–910–65thNCAA Round of 64Indiana:662–239 (.735)353–151 (.700)Texas Tech Red Raiders(Big 12 Conference)(2001–2008)2001–02Texas Tech23–910–6T–3rdNCAA Round of 642002–03Texas Tech22–136–10T–7thNIT Semifinal2003–04Texas Tech23–119–7T–5thNCAA Round of 322004–05Texas Tech22–1110–64thNCAA Sweet Sixteen2005–06Texas Tech15–176–10T–7th2006–07Texas Tech21–139–75thNCAA Round of 642007–08Texas Tech12–8*3–3*T–6th*

(*)Indicates record/standing at time
of resignation from Texas Tech.
Total:902–371 (.709)

National championPostseason invitational champion
Conference regular season championConference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season championDivision regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion


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