Editing Bob Knight (section)

==Life after coaching==
In 2008, ESPN hired Knight as a studio analyst and occasional [[color commentator]].<ref>[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=3269476 "Bob Knight joins ESPN for Championship Week and NCAA Tournament"], ESPN ([[Associated Press|AP]]), February 29, 2008.</ref> In November 2012, he called an Indiana men's basketball game for the first time, something he had previously refused to do.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Amato |first=Laura |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yAx-DwAAQBAJ&dq=In+November+2012,+Bob+Knight+called+an+Indiana+men's+basketball+game+for+the+first+time&pg=PT96 |title=Rising Above the Madness: Profiles of the Greatest NCAA Basketball Coaches of All Time |date=March 19, 2019 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-61243-919-8 |language=en}}</ref> Then-men's basketball coach [[Tom Crean (basketball)|Tom Crean]] reached out to Knight in an attempt to get him to visit the school again.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/26283066/32640014 |title=User Blogs |access-date=January 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103152604/http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/26283066/32640014 |archive-date=November 3, 2013 }}</ref> On April 2, 2015, ESPN announced that it would not renew its contract with Knight.<ref name="Deitsch">{{cite magazine|last1=Deitsch|first1=Richard|title=Source: ESPN will not renew contract of college hoops analyst Bob Knight|url=https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2015/04/02/bob-knight-not-renewed-espn|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|access-date=April 2, 2015|date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405030611/http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2015/04/02/bob-knight-not-renewed-espn|archive-date=April 5, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

On February 27, 2019, Don Fischer, an IU radio announcer since 1974, said during an interview that Knight was in ill health. He continued by saying Knight's health "has declined" but did not offer any specifics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2019/03/01/bobby-knight-iu-basketball-coach-bob-knight-health-don-fischer/3030941002/|title=Health of legendary IU basketball coach Bob Knight said to be in decline|last=Ayello|first=James|website=Indianapolis Star|language=en|access-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321064716/https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2019/03/01/bobby-knight-iu-basketball-coach-bob-knight-health-don-fischer/3030941002/|archive-date=March 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 4, 2019, Knight made his first public appearance after Fischer made his comments. He appeared with longtime friend and journalist Bob Hammel and spoke about different aspects of his career. During the presentation, Knight seemed to struggle with his memory: he re-introduced his wife to the audience after doing so only 10 minutes earlier, he mistakenly said that former IU basketball player [[Landon Turner (basketball)|Landon Turner]] had died, and, after telling a story about [[Michael Jordan]], he later told the same story, replacing Jordan with former IU basketball player [[Damon Bailey]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/2019/04/04/iu-basketball-coach-bob-knight-witty-but-struggles-memory-speaking-appearance/3359396002/|title=Former IU basketball coach Bob Knight witty, but struggles with memory at speaking appearance|website=Indianapolis Star|language=en|access-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405163315/https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/2019/04/04/iu-basketball-coach-bob-knight-witty-but-struggles-memory-speaking-appearance/3359396002/|archive-date=April 5, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Knight and his wife resided in Lubbock, Texas, even after his retirement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambriausa.com/style/at-home-with-the-coach/|title=At Home with the Coach &#124; Cambria Style|access-date=February 25, 2021|archive-date=March 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321110929/https://www.cambriausa.com/style/at-home-with-the-coach/|url-status=live}}</ref> On July 10, 2019, the ''[[Indiana Daily Student]]'', IU's campus newspaper, reported that Knight and his wife had purchased a home in Bloomington for $572,500, suggesting that Knight had decided to return to Bloomington to live.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idsnews.com/article/2019/07/bob-knight-reportedly-moving-back-to-bloomington|title=Bob Knight reportedly moving back to Bloomington|website=Indiana Daily Student|access-date=July 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712210709/https://www.idsnews.com/article/2019/07/bob-knight-reportedly-moving-back-to-bloomington|archive-date=July 12, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>