Bob Knight, Indiana’s combustible coaching giant, dies at 83

FILE - Texas Tech coach Bob Knight yells from the sidelines in the first half of a college basketball game against Houston, Dec. 14, 2001 in Houston. Bob Knight, the brilliant and combustible coach who won three NCAA titles at Indiana and for years was the scowling face of college basketball has died. He was 83. Knight's family made the announcement on social media Wednesday evening, Nov. 1, 2023. — AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File

Published November 1, 2023 6:21 PM

By MICHAEL MAROT

The Associated Press

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — The turbulent and brilliant basketball coach Bob Knight has died.

Knight's family made the announcement Wednesday night on social media, saying he was surrounded by family at his home in Bloomington, Indiana.

Knight led the Hoosiers to three NCAA championships. He was among college basketball’s winningest coaches, with 902 victories in 42 seasons at Army, Indiana and Texas Tech. He coached the U.S. to the 1984 Olympic gold medal.

His temper was legendary: In 1985, he tossed a chair across the court. But he took pride in his players’ high graduation rates and never was accused of a major NCAA violation.

Bob Knight was 83.

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