Ex-Hoosiers coach Knight released from hospital
Former Indiana Hoosiers coach Bob Knight was hospitalized over the weekend with an undisclosed illness but has since been released….
Former Indiana Hoosiers coach Bob Knight was hospitalized over the weekend with an undisclosed illness but has since been released, according to a statement from Knight’s family Monday.
“On behalf of the Knight Family, we thank you for your thoughts and prayers,” Knight’s son Pat said in a statement. “As many have heard, my dad was hospitalized over the weekend with an illness and has since been released from the hospital. We ask for your privacy as he is cared for and resting at home in good hands.
“Coach always taught us, and those that played for him, the importance of fighting through adversity and he and our family thank you for the tremendous amount of support you have shown and given during this time. We appreciate your continued thoughts and prayers.”
Knight, who is 82, won three national championships, 11 Big Ten titles and 662 games at Indiana before being fired in September 2000 after he allegedly grabbed a student by the arm in a hallway. The incident was deemed to have violated a zero-tolerance policy instituted by the university after an investigation into accusations of physical and verbal abuse in 1997 made by former player Neil Reed, who died of a heart attack in 2012.
Texas Tech hired Knight in 2001, and he stayed there until retiring in 2008 with a then-Division I-record 902 career wins.
Knight was succeeded by his son Pat at Texas Tech and moved back to Bloomington in 2019. Then, after vowing never to return to an Indiana University event, he relented on that promise by attending the Hoosiers’ game against Purdue in February 2020, joined by dozens of his former players and former Purdue coach Gene Keady.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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