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 ...

Bob Knight, Champion Basketball Coach With Fiery Temper, ... Knight, who also played for Ohio State’s title-winning team in 1960, was inducted into basketball’s Hall of Fame in 1991, ...

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 ...

Bob Knight, the legendary Hall ... Born in 1940, in Orrville, Ohio, Knight played college basketball at Ohio State before transitioning into coaching and was named head coach of Army at the age of 24.