Bobby Knight has resigned - effective immediately. Coach Knight is not a stranger to controversy and he leaves the game in the middle of the season:

“…Knight, in his seventh season as Texas Tech’s head coach, informed athletic director Gerald Myers on Monday morning he was retiring, effective immediately.

Knight said he has contemplated retirement and thought about doing it after this season. But after talking to good friend and legendary basketball coach Pete Newell on Sunday, Knight believed now was the best time to begin the transition phase of having son, Pat, take over the program.”

link: Exclusive: Knight speaks about retirement decision

supplemental link: College coaching legend Knight resigns from Texas Tech

Coach Knight leave a coaching legacy. He will be remembered for the intensity with which he approached the game. And, sometimes, that intensity translated into an outburst of anger. Coach Knight never spoke in clichés. Whether the public liked it or not, he spoke his mind. The Coach did things in his own unique fashion - even in how he bows out of his sport.

Catherine Forsythe

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