Editing Bob Knight (section)

===Army===

While in the army, he accepted an assistant coaching position with the [[Army Black Knights men's basketball|Army Black Knights]] in 1963, where, two years later, he was named head coach at the relatively young age of 24.<ref>{{cite news|title=Good Knight! He'll coach Army|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal/122961676/|newspaper=[[The Akron Beacon Journal]]|date=May 18, 1965|page=57|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=April 16, 2023|archive-date=April 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416144223/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal/122961676/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> In six seasons as a head coach at West Point, Knight won 102 games, with his first coming against [[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Norlander |first=Matt |date=December 9, 2015 |title=LOOK: Army coach honors 50th anniversary of Bob Knight's first win |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/look-army-coach-honors-50th-anniversary-of-bob-knights-first-win/ |access-date=November 2, 2023 |website=CBS Sports |language=en |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102004711/https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/look-army-coach-honors-50th-anniversary-of-bob-knights-first-win/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He led Army to four [[National Invitation Tournament|NITs]], advancing to the semifinals three times.<ref name=davis_11012023/> One of his players was [[Mike Krzyzewski]], who later served as his assistant before becoming a Hall of Fame head coach at [[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball|Duke]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lyons |first=Dan |date=February 15, 2022 |title=The Incident That Reportedly Led to Coach K to Being 'Done With' Bobby Knight |url=https://www.si.com/college/2022/02/16/coach-k-bob-knight-relationship-ended-2015-incident-ian-oconnor-mike-krzyzewski-book |access-date=November 2, 2023 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |language=en-us |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102004701/https://www.si.com/college/2022/02/16/coach-k-bob-knight-relationship-ended-2015-incident-ian-oconnor-mike-krzyzewski-book |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Mike Silliman]] was another of Knight's players at Army, and Knight was quoted as saying that Silliman was the best player that he had coached.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McMillan |first=Ken |date=January 27, 2015 |title=Army great Silliman to be honored |url=https://www.recordonline.com/story/sports/college/basketball/2015/01/27/army-great-silliman-to-be/35428880007/ |access-date=November 2, 2023 |website=Times Herald-Record |language=en-US |archive-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220130535/https://www.recordonline.com/story/sports/college/basketball/2015/01/27/army-great-silliman-to-be/35428880007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Coach-k-knight.jpg|thumb|[[Mike Krzyzewski]] and Knight during his tenure at Army]]

During his tenure at Army, Knight gained a reputation for having an explosive temper.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Corley |first1=Cheryl |last2=Beane |first2=Patrick |date=November 1, 2023 |title=Hall of Fame basketball coach Bobby Knight has died at 83 |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/11/01/1184960767/bobby-knight-indiana-basketball-coach-hoosiers-dies |access-date=November 1, 2023 |publisher=NPR |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102000705/https://www.npr.org/2023/11/01/1184960767/bobby-knight-indiana-basketball-coach-hoosiers-dies |url-status=live }}</ref> After Army's 66–60 loss to [[BYU]] and Hall of Fame coach [[Stan Watts]] in the semifinals of the [[1966 National Invitation Tournament|1966 NIT]], Knight completely lost control, kicking lockers and verbally blasting the officials.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Call |first=Jeff |date=March 25, 2016 |title=Nemelka recalls BYU's NIT championship 50 years ago in New York City |url=https://www.deseret.com/2016/3/25/20585423/nemelka-recalls-byu-s-nit-championship-50-years-ago-in-new-york-city |access-date=November 2, 2023 |website=Deseret News |language=en |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102003047/https://www.deseret.com/2016/3/25/20585423/nemelka-recalls-byu-s-nit-championship-50-years-ago-in-new-york-city |url-status=live }}</ref> Embarrassed, he later went to Watts' hotel room and apologized. Watts forgave him, and is quoted as saying, "I want you to know that you're going to be one of the bright young coaches in the country, and it's just a matter of time before you win a national championship."<ref>Rock, Brad, and Lee Warnick. Greatest Moments in BYU Sports. Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, 1984. Print.</ref>

Knight was one of seven candidates vying to fill the [[Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball|Wisconsin men's basketball]] head coaching vacancy after [[John E. Erickson (Wisconsin politician)|John Erickson]] resigned to become the [[Milwaukee Bucks]]' first-ever general manager on April 3, 1968.<ref name="Krause-2023">{{Cite web |last=Krause |first=Dennis |date=November 1, 2023 |title=Dennis Krause Blog: Bobby Knight almost coached at Wisconsin |url=https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2023/11/02/basketball-coach-bob-knight-dies-indiana-wisconsin- |access-date=November 2, 2023 |website=Spectrum News |language=en |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102004642/https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2023/11/02/basketball-coach-bob-knight-dies-indiana-wisconsin- |url-status=live }}</ref> Knight was offered the position but requested more time to think it over. By the time he had returned to West Point, news that he was to become the Badgers' new coach was prematurely leaked to the local media.<ref name="Krause-2023" /> After consulting with [[Bo Schembechler]], who had also had a negative experience as a [[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin football]] coaching candidate the previous year, Knight withdrew his candidacy and continued to coach at Army for three more seasons. Erickson's assistant coach [[John Powless]] was promoted instead.<ref>[https://journaltimes.com/good-knight-badgers-finally-over-bobby-s-rejection/article_766498a9-8bc9-55b2-9c9b-9a0ceae317e8.html Temkin, Barry. "Good Knight: Badgers finally over Bobby's rejection," ''Chicago Tribune'', Thursday, March 23, 2000.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326103121/https://journaltimes.com/good-knight-badgers-finally-over-bobby-s-rejection/article_766498a9-8bc9-55b2-9c9b-9a0ceae317e8.html |date=March 26, 2020 }} Retrieved March 26, 2020</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-09-27|title=Excerpt: How Bo Schembechler and Bob Knight could've been Badgers|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/136952/excerpt-how-bo-schembechler-and-bob-knight-couldve-been-badgers|access-date=2024-01-04|publisher=ESPN|language=en}}</ref>