Coach erupts at Texas chancellor

LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech coach Bob Knight got into a verbal spat with the University chancellor at a grocery store Monday, prompting a review by school officials.\nSchool spokeswoman Sally Logue Post said she did not know details of the encounter between the basketball coach and Chancellor David Smith. \nSmith declined to elaborate on what happened.\n"This is obviously an issue that is internal to the university," the chancellor told The Associated Press. "Right now the athletic director and the president's office at the University are looking into the incident. We'll wait to hear more in the next few days about their review."\nAsked whether there was any discussion of removing Knight, Smith said, "I can't comment on any of those things right now."\nGerald Myers, the university's athletic director who was instrumental in bringing Knight to Tech in 2001 after he was fired at Indiana, witnessed the encounter, Post said.\nThe men were getting food around lunchtime at Market Street, an upscale grocery store about two miles from the University, said Dan Sanders, chief marketing officer for United Supermarkets, which owns the store where the incident occurred.\n"Apparently, there was some sort of disagreement," Sanders said. "It took place very quickly."\nNeither Myers nor Sports Information Director Randy Farley immediately returned telephone messages Monday night.\nWhile still at Indiana in March 2000, Knight was investigated by the university after former player Neil Reed said the coach choked him at a practice in 1997.\nIn May 2000, Knight was fined $30,000, suspended for three games and placed under a "zero-tolerance" behavior policy.\nIn early September 2000, Knight was accused of grabbing a student by the arm, cursing and lecturing him about manners after the coach was addressed, "Hey, Knight, what's up?"\nIn September 2000, Knight was fired from Indiana for violating the behavior policy. Indiana's president Myles Brand, now president of the NCAA, fired him for what Brand called a "pattern of unacceptable behavior."\nIn late December, Knight went into a profanity-filled tirade after an ESPN reporter asked about his relationship with former player Steve Alford, who was also participating in the interview. He later apologized for the incident.\nTexas Tech is 4-2 in the Big 12 Conference this season. The Red Raiders had been unbeaten in the league until last week, when they lost to Texas and Oklahoma State.