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Bob Knight

1940 - 2023

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Robert Montgomery Knight (October 25, 1940 – November 1, 2023) was an American men's college basketball coach. Nicknamed "the General", he won 902 NCAA Division I men's basketball games, a record at the time of his retirement and sixth all-time record at the time of his death. Knight was the head coach of the Army Black Knights (1965–1971), the Indiana Hoosiers (1971–2000), and the Texas Tech Red Raiders (2001–2008). While at Army, he led the Black Knights to four post-season tournament appearances in six seasons, winning two-thirds of his games along the way. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Knight is the 377th most popular coach (down from 290th in 2019), the 14,211th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,474th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Coach.

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Bob Knight ranks 377 out of 471Before him are Aleksandar Janković, Czesław Michniewicz, Bruce Rioch, Augusto Pedro de Sousa, Ionel Ganea, and Sandro Schwarz. After him are Amar Osim, Leandro Machado, Wim Koevermans, Pintado, Tsutomu Ogura, and Fabio Liverani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Bob Knight ranks 603Before him are Hira Devi Waiba, Billy Fury, Maxine Hong Kingston, Melba Moore, Howard Hesseman, and Don LaFontaine. After him are Harry Jerome, James Burrows, Adam Faith, Cynthia Weil, Savitri Jindal, and Barney Frank. Among people deceased in 2023, Bob Knight ranks 559Before him are Judith Heumann, Sara Tavares, Samuel T. Durrance, Bram Moolenaar, Steve Harwell, and Alistair Darling. After him are Óscar Arizaga, Walter Davis, Georgina Beyer, Ganira Pashayeva, Harvey Glance, and Lloyd Erskine Sandiford.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Knight ranks 14,215 out of 20,380Before him are Devendra Banhart (1981), Eleonora Sears (1881), Tom Tully (1908), Montel Vontavious Porter (1973), Barbara Barrett (1950), and Alice White (1904). After him are Jerry Paris (1925), Chelsea Peretti (1978), Richard A. Knaak (1961), Ralph Beard (1927), Nicola Peltz (1995), and David Dukes (1945).

Among COACHES In United States

Among coaches born in United States, Bob Knight ranks 9Before him are Gregg Popovich (1949), Michael Malone (1971), John Madden (1936), Bill Belichick (1952), Bob Bradley (1958), and Tom Thibodeau (1958). After him are Steve Sampson (1957), Flip Saunders (1955), Billy Donovan (1965), Quin Snyder (1966), Roy Lassiter (1969), and Shannon MacMillan (1974).