Legendary head college basketball coach Bob Knight is dead at the age of 83. ... He played basketball at Ohio State, where he was a reserve on three Final Four teams (1960-62).

Bob Knight embraces his wife Karen after winning the national championship in 1987. NCAA Photos via Getty Images Robert Montgomery Knight was born on Oct. 25, 1940, in Massillon, Ohio, and raised ...

Bob Knight, one of college basketball’s winningest coaches but also one of ... The 6-foot-5 Knight went to Ohio State University and was a reserve on the 1960 national championship team ...

Knight was a part of the famed “Super Sophs” class that was integral to the 1960 championship team – the first and last to win a basketball title at Ohio State.

At Ohio State, Knight was a lesser player on a great college squad; the Buckeyes won the national championship when he was a sophomore. The coach, Fred Taylor, became one of Knight’s role models.

Knight played basketball in high school and college; he played for Ohio State University under eventual Hall of Fame coach Fred Taylor when the Buckeyes won the NCAA championship in 1960.

After graduating from Ohio State, Knight briefly worked as a high school assistant before taking a similar position at Army, under Tates Locke. He replaced Locke as head coach in West Point in 1965.

Seven Ohio State men's basketball players who were members of the 1960 national champion team, left to right, Mel Nowell, Larry Siegfried, Richie Hoyt, Jerry Lucas, John Havlicek, Bob Knight and ...

He played for the Ohio State Buckeyes when the team captured the 1960 NCAA championship, ... The U.S. Men's Olympic basketball with Bobby Knight after winning the gold medal at the 1984 Olympics.

The Ohio State Men’s Basketball Program mourns the loss of Bob Knight, a legend of college basketball. Our thoughts and prayers are with Coach Knight, his family, friends, teammates, and former ...

FILE -- Indiana University basketball coach Bob Knight talks with Neil Reed during a Jan. 6, 1996, game against Ohio State at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. University officials have scheduled ...