Bob Knight, the successful and volatile coach who led Indiana’s men’s college basketball team to three national titles, died Wednesday. He was 83.
, a website that represents Knight and his foundation. The school later confirmed Knight’s death, the Star reported. The school announced his death before the Hoosier women’s basketball team played Wednesday night at Assembly Hall.
Knight was hired by Texas Tech in 2001 and coached until he retired in 2008. At the time of his retirement, Knight was the all-time Division I leader in victories with 902, . On Feb. 8, 2020, he relented from a long-held promise not to return to Indiana when he attended a game between the Hoosiers and Purdue University,
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