Bob Knight dies at 83. Remembering the controversial but undeniable coaching legacy of a college sports legend
Eye On College Basketball
CBS Sports
4.6 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
On Wednesday, legendary coach Bob Knight died. College basketball will never have another coach like him — for obvious reasons. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander remember the multi-layered legacy of a coach with no comparison. Here is Norlander's obituary on Knight, and here is the epic 1981 profile of Knight in Sports Illustrated by Frank DeFord.
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| 0:30.2 | Hey there, Scary Parish. |
| 0:37.2 | Welcome back to the CBS Sports Eye on College Basketball podcast. |
| 0:40.9 | Matt Norlander is here with me on this Wednesday night because it's a sad day in the sport. |
| 0:46.0 | Bob Knight, the legendary and complicated basketball coach, has died at the age of 83 |
| 0:52.0 | passed away at home in Bloomington, Indiana, surrounded by loved ones. |
| 0:56.6 | As you likely know, Bob Knight was the head coach of three different schools. |
| 1:00.5 | Army from 1965 to 1971, Indiana, from 71 to 2000, and Texas Tech from 2001 to 2008, his |
| 1:08.9 | career spanned five decades. |
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