Which college did he start he college coaching carrer?
2007-01-30 15:07:01 · 10 answers · asked by king of jersey 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Westpoint - Army
2007-01-30 15:10:47 · answer #1 · answered by Robert R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
College Coaching for Bobby Knight:
U.S. Military Academy at West Point, assistant basketball coach (1963-65)
U.S. Military Academy at West Point, head basketball coach (1965-71), 102-50 (.671)
Indiana University (1971-2000), 662-239 (.735)
Texas Tech University (2001 - Present) 90-45
2007-01-30 17:46:27 · answer #2 · answered by Tenn Gal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have your answer already. . .
But doesn't Bobby Knight coach basketball? And isn't this the Football catagory?
Just wondering. . .
2007-01-30 15:45:19 · answer #3 · answered by volleyballchick (cowards block) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
West Point
2007-01-30 15:19:47 · answer #4 · answered by King Davin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His first head coaching stop was at Army.
2007-01-31 08:35:46 · answer #5 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
West Point, with Coach K as his assistant!
2007-01-30 20:51:27 · answer #6 · answered by MenifeeManiac 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
[edit] Coaching career
[edit] Army
After graduation in 1962, Bob Knight coached junior high boys football in Celina, Ohio for one year. After that, he accepted an assistant coaching position at Army in 1963, where, two years later, he was named the head coach at the relatively young age of 24. In six seasons at West Point, Knight won 102 games with his first as a head coach coming against Worcester Polytechnic Institute. One of his players was Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski.
While at Army, Knight knew Bill Parcells, the former coach of the Dallas Cowboys, the New York Giants, the New England Patriots and the New York Jets. Knight is regularly seen wearing Cowboys apparel at Texas Tech.
[edit] Indiana
Knight was noticed as a rising star, and when Indiana University was seeking a new coach in 1971, they turned to Knight. Knight immediately endeared himself to the basketball-mad state of Indiana with his disciplined approach to the game [citation needed]. Educated in military history, Knight was given the nickname "The General" by former University of Detroit and Detroit Pistons coach-turned-broadcaster Dick Vitale.
Indiana reached the Final Four in 1973, losing to UCLA. In 1975, the Hoosiers were undefeated and the number one team in the nation, when leading scorer Scott May broke his arm in a win over arch-rival Purdue. Indiana subsequently lost 92-90 to Kentucky in the regional finals of the NCAA tournament, May playing with a heavily-braced arm.
In 1976, the Hoosiers were undefeated at 32-0 and won the championship, beating Michigan 86-68. Immediately after the game, Knight lamented that "it should have been two." No Division I men's team has had an undefeated season since.
Knight's Hoosiers also won championships in 1981, with future Hall of Fame NBA point guard Isiah Thomas, beating North Carolina 63-50, and in 1987 with guard Steve Alford, beating Syracuse 74-73 on a last-second shot by Keith Smart.
Knight's Hoosiers won the 1979 NIT championship, and Knight led the USA team to Gold in the Olympic as coach of the Michael Jordan-led 1984 team (Coaches do not receive medals in the Olympics). He also won eleven Big Ten Conference titles. Knight is only one of four coaches to win NCAA, NIT, and Olympic championships, joining Dean Smith of North Carolina, Adolph Rupp of Kentucky, and Pete Newell of California.
The Indiana Hoosiers were undefeated in Big Ten Conference play from 1974 to 1976, and, lost only one game during the period (the aforementioned regional final against Kentucky).
Knight failed to convince future National Basketball Association legend Larry Bird to stay at Indiana University[citation needed]. Bird, who was raised in the small southern Indiana town of French Lick, did not like the massive IU campus. He left Indiana University never having attended a single practice and returned home before later enrolling at the far smaller Indiana State University.
In 1991, Bob Knight was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in his second year of eligibility. After Knight wasn't elected to the HOF the first year he was eligible, Knight told the committee to take his name off the list, but they denied his request. Knight has consistently had among the highest graduation rates among college coaches
2007-01-30 15:15:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
united states military academy
2007-01-30 15:12:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
definitely Westpoint
2007-02-03 15:06:48 · answer #9 · answered by styles4u 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was at Army.
2007-01-30 15:21:48 · answer #10 · answered by dex321 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋