Bobby Knight

Robert Montgomery Knight born October 25 1940 is an American former college basketball coach Often referred to as Bobby Knight and nicknamed the General Knight won 902 NCAA Division I mens college basketball games a record at the time of his retirement and currently fifth alltime behind his former player and assistant coach Mike Krzyzewski of Duke Roy Williams Bob Huggins and Jim Boeheim of Syracuse of which Krzyzewski Huggins and Boeheim are still active Knight is best known as the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers from 1971 to 2000 He also coached at Texas Tech 20012008 and at Army 19651971 While at Indiana Knight led his teams to three NCAA championships one National Invitation Tournament NIT championship and 11 Big Ten Conference championships His 197576 team went undefeated during the regular season and won the 1976 NCAA tournament The 1976 Indiana squad is the last mens 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 the USA mens Olympic team to a gold medal becoming one of only three basketball coaches to win an NCAA title NIT title and an Olympic gold medal Knight was one of college basketballs most successful and innovative coaches having popularized the motion offense He has also been praised for running good programs none of his teams was ever sanctioned by the NCAA for recruiting violations and nearly all of his players graduated Knight sparked controversy with his outspoken nature and demonstrative behavior He once famously threw a chair across the court during a game which was rewarded with an ejection Knight was once arrested in Puerto Rico following a physical confrontation with a police officer Knight regularly displayed a volatile nature and was sometimes accused of verbal conflicts with members of the press He was also recorded on videotape appearing to have possibly grabbed one of his players by the neck Knight remains the object of near fanatical devotion from many of his former players and Indiana fans Nevertheless Knight was accused of choking a player during practice Following the incident a zero tolerance policy was instituted specifically for coach Knight After a subsequent runin with a student university president Myles Brand fired Knight in the fall of 2000 In 2008 Knight joined ESPN as a mens college basketball studio analyst during Championship Week and for coverage of the NCAA Tournament He continued covering college basketball for ESPN through the 201415 season Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Knight licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia