Bob Knight (2009) - Indiana University Athletics Hall of Fame

Bob Knight

Induction:
2009

Indiana basketball coach from 1971-2000 with a career record of 661-240 at IU … coached teams that won 11 Big Ten Championships, a Big Ten record, and NCAA championships in 1976, 1981, and 1987 … only coach in history to lead teams to NCAA (1976, 1981, and 1987), NIT (1979), Pan American (1979) and Olympic (1984) championships … last coach to have perfect winning season (32-0 in 1976) … coached 16 All-Americans; had nine players win Big Ten MVP honors; and had 29 players who played in the NBA … Big Ten Coach of the Year six times and National Coach of the Year in 1975, 1976, 1987, and 1989 … inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991 … he is the all-time winningest coach in college basketball history with a 902-371 record (70.8), which was compiled at Army, IU and Texas Tech … after playing at Orrville (Ohio) High School, he played at Ohio State under Hall of Fame Coach Fred Taylor and was a member of the Buckeyes 1960 national championship team.