Bob Knight, the fiery college basketball coach who won three national championships as coach of the Indiana Hoosiers, died on Wednesday, his family announced. The Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer, Knight, 83, died at his home in Bloomington, Ind., after a lengthy illness. "It is with heavy hearts that we share that Coach Bob Knight passed away at his home in Bloomington surrounded by his family," the Knight Family said in a statement. Knight was the sixth-winningest coach in Division I men's college basketball history, posting 902 victories at Army (1965-1971), Indiana (1971-2000) and Texas Tech (2001-08), but he was also well known throughout the college basketball world and beyond for short fuse and outbursts. Knight played basketball at Ohio State and first became a college basketball coach at Army in 1965 as a 24-year-old.

Source: Daily Sun November 02, 2023 06:27 UTC