Bobby Knight

Date of Birth

Oct 25, 1940

Bobby Knight was born in the city of Mssillon, Ohio

Bobby Knight life

Period: Oct 25, 1940 to Oct 12, 2012

Technical

Apr 7, 1963

Knight enlisted in the army in 1963. This is where he learned how to be discipline and how to make people follow your orders which is what he used for his players

Negotiator

Apr 1, 1971

Bobby Knight was a negotiator when he negotiated his player to follow his system of playing basketball. The system emphasizes post players setting screens and perimeter players passing the ball until a teammate becomes open for an uncontested jump shot or lay-up. This required players to be unselfish, disciplined, and effective in setting and using screens to get open.

Controlling

Oct 7, 1971

In 1971 the Indiana University Hoosiers hired Knight as head coach. Because of his time spent coaching at Army and his disciplinarian nature

Planning

Feb 13, 1975

Knight plans to win to take the Hoosiers to a championship next year after losing to kentucky 92-90 in 1975

Leader

Mar 30, 1981

Bobby Knight was a leader on March 30 1981 when he motivated his players through the NCAA Tournament.

Liaison

Jul 3, 1984

Bobby Knight agrees to coach the the 1984 olympic team

Leading

Jul 31, 1984

Bobby Knight coached the USA men's Olympic team to a gold medal, becoming one of only three basketball coaches to win an NCAA title, NIT title, and an Olympic gold medal.[2]

Disturbance Handler

Feb 23, 1985

Bobby Knight was known for causing disturbance such as extreme yelling to his players. One dayhe was so mad at a ref call that he threw a chair on the court. He was then recieved with a techinal foul

Human Relations

Sep 10, 2000

Bobby Knight did not have good human relations, he would yell grab, and sometimes hit players for doing something wrong. He once grabbed a players neck, and because of this was fired from IU

Staffing

Mar 5, 2001

Knight takes a job at Texas Tech after taking a season off following his dismissal from Indiana, Knight accepted the head coaching job at Texas Tech

Organizing

Mar 13, 2001

Knight quickly improves the program. He led the Red Raiders to postseason appearances in each of his first four years at the school (three NCAA Championship tournaments and one NIT).

Spokesperson

Feb 8, 2007

Knight was known for regularly displayed a combative nature during encounters with members of the press.

Disseminator

Feb 4, 2008

Knight passed down his talents and knowledge of the game of basketball down to his son and players.

Conceptual

Oct 17, 2012

Knight used many drills for his players. One of the drills was 2-ball dribbling drills that improve ball handling on his team.