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====Retirement==== On February 4, 2008, Knight announced his retirement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Lauren |date=November 1, 2023 |title=Bob Knight, polarizing college basketball coach, dies at 83 |url=https://www.masslive.com/sports/2023/11/bob-knight-legendary-college-basketball-coach-dies-at-83.html |access-date=November 3, 2023 |website=[[MassLive]] |language=en}}</ref> His son [[Pat Knight]], the head coach designate since 2005, was immediately named as his successor at Texas Tech.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2, 2005 |title=Knight's successor is his son |url=https://www.deseret.com/2005/10/2/19915144/knight-s-successor-is-his-son |access-date=November 3, 2023 |website=[[Deseret News]] |agency=Associated Press |language=en}}</ref> The younger Knight had said that after many years of coaching, his father was exhausted and ready to retire.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/seth_davis/02/05/davis.night/|title='He was just worn out': Pat Knight sheds light on father's decision to leave|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|access-date=February 5, 2008|date=February 5, 2008|author=Davis, Seth|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208132022/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/seth_davis/02/05/davis.night/|archive-date=February 8, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Just after achieving his 900th win, Knight handed the job over to Pat in the mid-season in part to allow him to get acquainted with coaching the team earlier, instead of having him wait until October, the start of the next season.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/seth_davis/02/05/davis.night/ | publisher=CNN | title=Pat Knight sheds light on father's decision to leave | date=February 5, 2008 | access-date=April 26, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622035840/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/seth_davis/02/05/davis.night/ | archive-date=June 22, 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Knight continued to live in [[Lubbock]] after he retired.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/sports/ncaabasketball/05knight.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin |title=Bob Knight Resigns as Coach of Texas Tech |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 4, 2008|date=February 4, 2008|author1=Thayer Evans |author2=Pete Thamel |author2-link=Pete Thamel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130021047/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/sports/ncaabasketball/05knight.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin|archive-date=November 30, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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