The career leader among NCAA Division I coaches with 902 victories over 42 seasons, Bob Knight’s teams mirrored their coach, playing with discipline, toughness, precision and focus. He was a member of Coach Fred Taylor’s NCAA championship team in 1960 and went on to become the nation’s youngest Division I head coach, taking over at Army in 1965 at the age of 24.
After six seasons, he left for Indiana University in 1971 and remained there until 2000, leading the Hoosiers to NCAA championships in 1976, 1981 and 1987. His 1976 team finished the season with a perfect 32-0 record. IU won 11 Big Ten titles and Knight was a four-time National Coach of the Year and a five-time Big Ten Coach of the Year.
Knight retired in 2008 in his eighth season at Texas Tech, turning the Red Raiders over to his son, Pat. At the 1984 Olympic Games, Knight became one of only three coaches to win the triple crown with an NCAA title, a NIT title, and an Olympic Gold Medal. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991.