Bobby Knight was fired by Indiana on 10 SEP 2000. Since that day, UGA has been through...

[RedNBlackNtheDay]

4 head coaches with a collective winning percentage of 48.7%.

Harrick
Felton
Herrmann
Fox

Of the four, only Fox (at 50.8%) has a winning percentage.

Like him or not, but Knight could have made a difference in Athens.

 

[whitepug6]

4 head coaches with a collective winning percentage of 48.7%.

Harrick
Felton
Herrmann
Fox

Of the four, only Fox (at 50.8%) has a winning percentage.

Like him or not, but Knight could have made a difference in Athens.

Did he make a difference in Lubbock? Athens, Georgia didn't have enough square footage to accommodate both the egos of Coach Knight and Michael Adams, IMO.

 

[RedNBlackNtheDay]

Did he make a difference in Lubbock? Athens, Georgia didn't have enough square footage to accommodate both the egos of Coach Knight and Michael Adams, IMO.

Did Bobby Knight make a difference in Lubbock?

2001–2008 (Bob Knight era)
Bob Knight served as the Texas Tech men's basketball head coach from 2001–2008.

Hired in March 2001 to replace James Dickey as head coach, Bob Knight quickly improved the program, which had not received a bid to the NCAA Tournament nor achieved a winning record since 1996. Knight led the Red Raiders to three NCAA Tournament appearances and one NIT appearance in his first four years at Texas Tech, including an appearance in the Sweet Sixteen in 2005. Texas Tech finished the 2005/06 season with a 15–17 overall record, marking the only time that Knight finished a complete season at Tech with a losing record and fewer than 21 wins. During the 2005-06 season, the ESPN reality TV show centering on Knight and the Red Raiders, Knight School, was filmed. The Red Raiders recovered in 2006/07, finishing 21–13 and again earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they would lose to Boston College in the first round. In both 2006 and 2007, Knight's Texas Tech teams defeated two top 10-ranked teams in consecutive weeks. During Knight's first six years at Texas Tech, the Red Raiders won 126 games, an average of 21 wins per season.

On New Year's Day 2007, Texas Tech recorded a 70–68 defeat of New Mexico to give Knight his 880th career victory, making him the winningest coach in men's college basketball history.

On January 16, 2008, Knight registered his 900th career victory when the Red Raiders upset the ninth-ranked Texas A&M Aggies, 68–53.[8] Knight won two more games as head coach—against Missouri and Oklahoma State—prior to announcing his retirement on February 4, 2008, after having led his 2007-08 team to a 12–8 mid-season record. His son Pat Knight, the head coach designate since 2005, was immediately named as his successor.[9] The younger Knight stated that, after many years of coaching, his father was exhausted and ready to retire.[10]

Bob Knight finished with an overall win-loss record of 138–82 at Texas Tech.

Answer: Hell yeah. 62.7% winning percentage.

 

[Dawgman94]

4 head coaches with a collective winning percentage of 48.7%.

Harrick
Felton
Herrmann
Fox

Of the four, only Fox (at 50.8%) has a winning percentage.

Like him or not, but Knight could have made a difference in Athens.

We need a recruiter

 

[Lewis & Herschel]

Harrick was the better coach at that time and we ran him off when we should have fired his son and moved on. We would likely be a powerhouse by now and made uf s run to prominence harder.

Dooley screwed over our ball team, there has been nothing to say that Harris knew what his son was doing and it's all pretty minor compared to what unc us accused of with still no real repercussions.

 

[Molardawg2]

yeah that whole episode still pisses me off

 

[Molardawg2]

We need a recruiter

+1......Fox is a great coach. I still think we are 1 or 2 big time recruits away from blowing up.

 

[whitepug6]

Did Bobby Knight make a difference in Lubbock?

2001–2008 (Bob Knight era)
Bob Knight served as the Texas Tech men's basketball head coach from 2001–2008.

Hired in March 2001 to replace James Dickey as head coach, Bob Knight quickly improved the program, which had not received a bid to the NCAA Tournament nor achieved a winning record since 1996. Knight led the Red Raiders to three NCAA Tournament appearances and one NIT appearance in his first four years at Texas Tech, including an appearance in the Sweet Sixteen in 2005. Texas Tech finished the 2005/06 season with a 15–17 overall record, marking the only time that Knight finished a complete season at Tech with a losing record and fewer than 21 wins. During the 2005-06 season, the ESPN reality TV show centering on Knight and the Red Raiders, Knight School, was filmed. The Red Raiders recovered in 2006/07, finishing 21–13 and again earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they would lose to Boston College in the first round. In both 2006 and 2007, Knight's Texas Tech teams defeated two top 10-ranked teams in consecutive weeks. During Knight's first six years at Texas Tech, the Red Raiders won 126 games, an average of 21 wins per season.

On New Year's Day 2007, Texas Tech recorded a 70–68 defeat of New Mexico to give Knight his 880th career victory, making him the winningest coach in men's college basketball history.

On January 16, 2008, Knight registered his 900th career victory when the Red Raiders upset the ninth-ranked Texas A&M Aggies, 68–53.[8] Knight won two more games as head coach—against Missouri and Oklahoma State—prior to announcing his retirement on February 4, 2008, after having led his 2007-08 team to a 12–8 mid-season record. His son Pat Knight, the head coach designate since 2005, was immediately named as his successor.[9] The younger Knight stated that, after many years of coaching, his father was exhausted and ready to retire.[10]

Bob Knight finished with an overall win-loss record of 138–82 at Texas Tech.

Answer: Hell yeah. 62.7% winning percentage.

The mistake was not to do whatever it took to retain Tubby Smith. Knight won 0 conference championships at TT, 0 national championships. Tubby won both at his next stop.

 

[DawgMaticFan]

+1......Fox is a great coach. I still think we are 1 or 2 big time recruits away from blowing up.

Fox is not a great coach. He might be if He had Jordan and Pippen to run His tri-mangle offense, but college kids need to play in a more fluid system. There is good reason no men's college team has won a title running that cluster f.. offense.

 

[DawgMaticFan]

The mistake was not to do whatever it took to retain Tubby Smith. Knight won 0 conference championships at TT, 0 national championships. Tubby won both at his next stop.

Tubby was also a great fit for UGA, Knight would have pissed everybody off quicker than You could spell grumpy old bastard.

 

[whitepug6]

Tubby was also a great fit for UGA, Knight would have pissed everybody off quicker than You could spell grumpy old bastard.

We let Tubby leave too easily. I know it was for Kentucky, but Vince should have offered to pay Tubby football coach money. We were on the verge of being a competitive basketball program.

Knight would never have made it at UGA with Adams as president.

 

[louman90]

Harrick was the better coach at that time and we ran him off when we should have fired his son and moved on. We would likely be a powerhouse by now and made uf s run to prominence harder.

Dooley screwed over our ball team, there has been nothing to say that Harris knew what his son was doing and it's all pretty minor compared to what unc us accused of with still no real repercussions.

Amen. I always catch flack when I defend Harrick. He was slick but I think Calipari and Pitino are way more corrupt. I think Harrick made some big enemies and namely over at ESPN. They dug very hard and found the dirt. I think the way the NCAA came down on us we had to let Harrick loose.

 

[whitepug6]

Amen. I always catch flack when I defend Harrick. He was slick but I think Calipari and Pitino are way more corrupt. I think Harrick made some big enemies and namely over at ESPN. They dug very hard and found the dirt. I think the way the NCAA came down on us we had to let Harrick loose.

They didn't have to dig very hard. Remember Tony Cole and Brandon Williams? That was our Jameis Winston incident.