10 years ago today: Knight fired

Bob Knight addresses the mob of protesters contesting his termination of IU Basketball coach Sunday, September 10, 2000. Knight asked the students to let the police go home to their families and promised that he would talk to as many students as wanted to hear from him within two days.

Photo by IDS file photo / The Indiana Daily Student

Bob Knight was fired ten years ago today after 29 years of coaching IU basketball. The IDS covered it from the official decision to the students’ reaction. Check it all out here.

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