Editing Bob Knight (section)

==Personal life and death==
[[File:Bobknight.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Knight with his son [[Pat Knight|Pat]] while coaching at Texas Tech]]

Knight married the former Nancy Falk<ref name="BK: TUB">{{cite book|last1=Delsohn|first1=Steve|last2=Heisler|first2=Mark|title=Bob Knight : the unauthorized biography|date=2006|publisher=Simon & Schuster|location=New York|isbn=9780743243483|page=[https://archive.org/details/bobknightunautho00dels/page/21 21]|url=https://archive.org/details/bobknightunautho00dels|url-access=registration|access-date=April 29, 2016}}</ref> on April 17, 1963. They had two sons, Tim and [[Pat Knight|Pat]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schudel |first=Matt |date=November 1, 2023 |title=Bob Knight, polarizing powerhouse coach of college basketball, dies at 83 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/11/01/coach-bob-knight-dead/ |access-date=November 3, 2023 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> The couple divorced in 1985.<ref name="Weber-2023" /> Pat played at Indiana from 1991 to 1995 and was head coach at [[Lamar Cardinals basketball|Lamar]] from the time of his father's retirement until he was dismissed in 2014.<ref name="CBS News-2011">{{Cite web |date=March 7, 2011 |title=Pat Knight fired as coach at Texas Tech |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pat-knight-fired-as-coach-at-texas-tech/ |access-date=November 3, 2023 |publisher=[[CBS News]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Mascaro |first=Chris |date=February 16, 2014 |title=Pat Knight, son of Bob, fired as Lamar University's men's basketball coach |url=https://www.si.com/si-wire/2014/02/16/pat-knight-fired-by-lamar-university |access-date=November 3, 2023 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |language=en-us}}</ref> Pat Knight coached Texas Tech after his father's retirement before he moved to Lamar.<ref name="CBS News-2011" /> In 1988, Knight married his second wife, Karen Vieth Edgar, a former Oklahoma high school basketball coach.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sulek |first=Robert Paul |title=Hoosier honor: Bob Knight and academic success at Indiana University |date=1990 |publisher=Praeger |year=1990 |isbn=0275934470 |location=New York}}</ref>

Knight had a high regard for education and made generous donations to the schools he was a part of, particularly libraries. At [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University]] Knight endowed two chairs, one in history and one in law.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bikoff |first=Ken |date=November 1, 2023 |title=Legendary Indiana basketball coach Bob Knight passes at 83 |url=https://247sports.com/college/duke/article/legendary-indiana-basketball-coach-bob-knight-passes-at-83-218739373/ |access-date=November 3, 2023 |website=247Sports |language=en}}</ref> He also raised nearly $5&nbsp;million for the Indiana University library system by championing a library fund to support the library's activities. The fund was ultimately named in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thevwindependent.com/news/2012/10/01/bob-knight-controversial-coach-has-words-of-wisdom/|title=Bob Knight lives life on his own terms|date=October 1, 2012|website=The VW independent|language=en-US|access-date=April 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424192823/http://www.thevwindependent.com/news/2012/10/01/bob-knight-controversial-coach-has-words-of-wisdom/|archive-date=April 24, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

When Knight came to Texas Tech in 2001, he gave $10,000 to the library, while his wife gave $25,000, donations which included the first gifts to the Coach Knight Library Fund which has now collected over $300,000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCoy |first=Mara |date=April 28, 2001 |title=Knight brings money with fame |url=https://www.dailytoreador.com/archives/knight-brings-money-with-fame/article_5d2eaa8c-da75-597f-9978-c5f7184a1e09.html |access-date=November 3, 2023 |website=The Daily Toreador |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Indiana University Undergraduate Library Services records, 1952–1998, bulk 1970–1990 |url=https://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/view?doc.view=entire_text&docId=InU-Ar-VAC1066 |access-date=November 3, 2023 |website=webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu}}</ref> Later, in 2005, Knight donated an additional $40,000 to the library.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 15, 2005 |title=Knight gives $40,000 to school's libraries |url=https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Knight-gives-40-000-to-school-s-libraries-8692402.php |access-date=November 3, 2023 |website=Plainview Herald |language=en-US}}</ref> On November 29, 2007, the Texas Tech library honored this with ''A Legacy of Giving: The Bob Knight Exhibit''.<ref>
Samples, Ben. "Exhibit Honoring Coach Bob Knight Opens." today.ttu.edu. Texas Tech University, November 21, 2007. Web. October 14, 2017.</ref>

On April 18, 2011, video surfaced showing Knight responding to a question concerning [[John Calipari]] and Kentucky's men's basketball team by stating that in [[2009–10 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|the previous season]], Kentucky made an Elite Eight appearance with "five players who had not attended a single class that semester." These claims were later disproven by the university and the players in question, including [[Patrick Patterson (basketball)|Patrick Patterson]], who graduated in three years, and [[John Wall]], who finished the semester with a 3.5 GPA.<ref>{{cite news |date=April 19, 2011 |title=Kentucky responds to Bob Knight's 'blatantly erroneous' comments |work=USA Today |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/04/bob-knight-kentucky-john-calipari-mitch-barnhart-/1 |url-status=live |access-date=January 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321222457/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/04/bob-knight-kentucky-john-calipari-mitch-barnhart-/1 |archive-date=March 21, 2012}}</ref> Knight later apologized for his comments stating, "My overall point is that '[[one-and-done rule|one-and-dones]]' are not healthy for college basketball. I should not have made it personal to Kentucky and its players and I apologize."<ref>{{cite news |date=April 19, 2011 |title=Bob Knight apologizes to John Calipari, Kentucky basketball |work=USA Today |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/04/knight-apologizes-kentucky-basketball/1 |url-status=live |access-date=January 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320044943/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/04/knight-apologizes-kentucky-basketball/1 |archive-date=March 20, 2012}}</ref>

Knight supported [[Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign|Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign]], and later made an appearance at his rally in Indianapolis for the [[2018 United States elections|2018 midterms]]. At the rally, Knight called Trump "a great defender of the United States of America".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/2018/11/trumps_road_show_in_florida_says_democrats_too_extreme|title=Trump's Road Show: In Florida, says Democrats too extreme|access-date=November 6, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107010334/http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/2018/11/trumps_road_show_in_florida_says_democrats_too_extreme|archive-date=November 7, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4312558/bob-knight-donald-trump-indiana/|title=Bob Knight Explains Why He Loves Donald Trump|magazine=Time|language=en|access-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121120629/http://time.com/4312558/bob-knight-donald-trump-indiana/|archive-date=November 21, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

Knight died in [[Bloomington, Indiana]], on November 1, 2023, at age 83.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2023/11/01/indiana-basketball-coach-bobby-knight-dies-iu-hoosiers-obituary-bob/5571787002/|title=Legendary Indiana basketball coach Bob Knight dies at 83|work=Indy Star|date=November 1, 2023|first=Zach|last=Osterman|access-date=November 1, 2023|archive-date=November 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101224326/https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2023/11/01/indiana-basketball-coach-bobby-knight-dies-iu-hoosiers-obituary-bob/5571787002/|url-status=live}}</ref>