Bobby Knight
Chronology
| 1940 | Born October 25 in Massillon, Ohio |
| 1958 | Graduated from Orrville (OH) High School |
| 1958 | Enters Ohio State, where he'll play basketball for three years |
| 1960 | Wins NCAA Championship as member of Ohio State basketball team |
| 1962 | Graduates from Ohio State with a B.S. in History and Government |
| 1962 | Becomes assistant basketball coach at Cuyahoga Falls High School (in Ohio) |
| 1963 | Takes position as assistant basketball coach at U.S. Military Academy at West Point |
| 1965 | Becomes head basketball coach at U.S. Military Academy at West Point (youngest varsity coach in major college history) |
| 1971 | Decides to leave Army coaching job with a record of 102-50 |
| 1971 | Begins tenure as head coach at Indiana University |
| 1973 | Leads Indiana to its first Big 10 conference title (they will win 11 titles under Knight) |
| 1973 | Indiana plays in first Final Four (by the time he is fired he will have coached Indiana in five Final Fours) |
| 1976 | Upset over a few turnovers, grabs sophomore Jim Wisman by jersey and jerks him into his seat |
| 1976 | Records 200th career coaching victory |
| 1976 | Leads Indiana to an undefeated season and wins first of three NCAA Championships |
| 1979 | Leads Hoosiers to victory in NIT Tournament Championship |
| 1979 | Coaches Pan-Am Team to Gold Medal |
| 1979 | Tried and convicted (in absentia) for hitting a Puerto Rican policeman at Pan Am practice. Sentenced to six months in jail, which he does not serve because he has already left country |
| 1980 | Earns 300th career win |
| 1981 | Wins second NCAA Championship at Indiana |
| 1981 | While at Final Four in Philadelphia, shoves an LSU fan into a garbage can |
| 1983 | Stands at midcourt and swears at Big Ten commissioner Wayne Duke over what Knight calls "the worst officiating I have seen in 12 years" |
| 1984 | Coaches U.S. Olympic team to gold medal |
| 1984 | Becomes one of three coaches in history to win "Triple Crown" of coaching (NCAA, NIT and Olympic Gold Medal) |
| 1985 | Allows reporter John Feinstein access to Indiana's program for '85-'86 season. Feinstein would write about what he saw in A Season on the Brink |
| 1986 | Recieves technical foul in a game against Illinois, then kicks a megaphone and yells at Indiana cheerleaders for disupting a free throw attempt by Steve Alford |
| 1987 | Puerto Rico drops charges on Knight and ceases attempts to extradite him |
| 1987 | Wins third NCAA Championship at Indiana |
| 1988 | In interview with Connie Chung, Knight says, "If rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it." Knight claims that the quote was taken out of context |
| 1989 | Gets 500th win in a victory over Northwestern in January |
| 1989 | Becomes winningest coach in Big 10 history |
| 1991 | Had asked not to be considered for his induction into Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, calling his rejection in 1987 "a slap in the face" |
| 1992 | Gives a mock whipping to Hoosier Calbert Cheaney. Claims it wasn't racially motivated and apoligizes; this same year he bars a female AP reporter from the Indiana locker room |
| 1993 | Wins 600th career game; wins 11th Big Ten regular season title. Ties for first among all Big Ten coaches |
| 1994 | Head-butts a player while screaming at him on the bench. Claims it was unintentional |
| 1995 | Fined $30,000 for an outburst at a post-game news conference |
| 1997 | Earns 700th victory on March 5 |
| 1999 | Accidentally shoots hunting partner in the back and is cited for failing to report incident |
| 2000 | Accused of grabbing freshman Indiana student by the arm in fall of '99. Knight yelled at him for "disrespecting him." The student had said, "What's up, Knight." |
| 2000 | Fired from Indiana University in September |
| 2001 | Named head coach at Texas Tech University on March 23 |
| 2001 | Compiles a 23-10 record at Texas Tech in his first season as coach |
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