Zone1 Happy Birthday to Bobby Knight............

[bluzman61]

The great college basketball coach turns 82 years of age today.

 

[candycorn]

The great college basketball coach turns 82 years of age today.

He was over-rated.

 

[ClaireH]

He was over-rated.

Errright. Coach Knight was the best college team coach to date. People loved him or hated him, similar to the divisional factions of this board, very little mixing of the two camps. Families could start fights during extended family reunions between pro Purdue and pro Indiana fans or pro KY versus pro IN

Awards and Accolades​

• Basketball Hall of Fame (1991)
• College Basketball Hall of Fame (2006)
• 3 x NCAA Champion as coach (1976, 1981, 1987)
• 5 x Final Four (1973, 1976, 1981, 1987, 1992)
• 11 x Big Ten regular season title (1973-1976, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993)
• NIT Champion (1979)
• Gold Medal Olympic Games (1984)
• Gold Medal Pan American Games (1979)
• Most wins all time as head coach with 902 wins (at time of retirement)
• 1960 NCAA Champion as player
• Naismith Award for Men’s Outstanding Contribution to Basketball (2007)
• 2 x Henry Iba Award (1975, 1989)
• Naismith College Coach of the Year (1987)
• 3 x Coach of the Year (1975, 1976, 1989)
• Clair Bee Coach of the Year Award (2002)
• 8 x Big Ten Coach of the Year (1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1992, 1993)

Bob Knight - Indiana University IU Hoosiers Basketball History

Bob Knight Biography Bob Knight is a former American basketball coach who is most known for his time coaching the Indiana Hoosiers between 1971-2000. At …

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[SassyIrishLass]

He was over-rated.

3x National Champion
5x Final Four
NIT Championship
900+ wins

Sit down

 

[candycorn]

Numerous other coaches have won multiple NCAA championships, recruited against other schools on the Atlantic seaboard or out west, won as many if not more awards...and did so without throwing chairs or choking their kids.

Overrated was probably a poor choice of words however.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Bobby got more heft on the folding chairs he threw onto the court than any other coach I can remember.

 

[ClaireH]

Bobby got more heft on the folding chairs he threw onto the court than any other coach I can remember.

He did that and more… still a great coach.