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Bob Knight, in full Robert Montgomery Knight, also called Bobby Knight and the General  (b. Oct. 25, 1940, Massillon, Ohio, U.S.), American collegiate basketball coach who amassed the most coaching victories in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men’s basketball history.

Knight played basketball and football in high school, and he was a reserve on the Ohio State University national championship basketball team in 1960. After spending two years as an assistant coach at the United States Military Academy (Army), he was promoted to head coach in 1965 and became the youngest varsity basketball coach in ... (100 of 400 words)

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(born 1940), U.S. basketball coach, born in Massilon, Ohio; sixth man on Ohio State’s 1960 national championship basketball team (B.S., 1962); head coach at West Point 1965-71; coach of Indiana Univ. Hoosiers 1971-2000 (NCAA champions 1976, 1981, 1987); youngest coach ever to win 300 games; unanimously named National Coach of Year, 1975, 1989; Basketball Weekly and AP’s National Coach of Year 1976; coached gold-medal U.S. basketball teams in 1979 Pan American games and 1984 Olympics; known for temperamental sideline behavior and insisting players be dedicated to team concept.

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