Editing Bob Knight (section)

==Early life and college career==
Knight was born on October 25, 1940, in the town of [[Massillon, Ohio]], and grew up in [[Orrville, Ohio]].<ref name="www2.indystar.com">{{cite web |url=http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/k/knight_bob/knight.html |title=Bob Knight |work=Indianapolis Star |date=February 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419194719/http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/k/knight_bob/knight.html |archive-date=April 19, 2010|access-date=October 11, 2010}}</ref> His father Pat worked for the railroad and his mother Hazel was a school teacher.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESPN Classic – Knight known for titles, temper |url=https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Knight_Bob.html |access-date=November 2, 2023 |publisher=ESPN |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102041010/http://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Knight_Bob.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He began playing organized basketball at [[Orrville High School]].<ref name="Weber-2023">{{Cite news |last=Weber |first=Bruce |date=November 1, 2023 |title=Bobby Knight, Basketball Coach Known for Trophies and Tantrums, Dies at 83 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/sports/ncaabasketball/bobby-knight-dead.html |access-date=November 2, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101233749/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/sports/ncaabasketball/bobby-knight-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Knight continued at [[Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|Ohio State]] in 1958 when he played for [[Basketball Hall of Fame]] coach [[Fred R. Taylor|Fred Taylor]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Helwagen |first=Steve |date=March 19, 2020 |title=Flashback: Ohio State's lone national title came 60 years ago |url=https://247sports.com/college/ohio-state/Article/Ohio-State-Buckeyes-mens-basketball-captured-its-lone-national-championship-60-years-ago-145190302/ |access-date=November 1, 2023 |website=247Sports |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Coach Bob Knight passes away at 83 {{!}} NCAA.com |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2023-11-01/coach-bob-knight-passes-away-83 |access-date=November 2, 2023 |website=ncaa.com |language=en |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102000205/https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2023-11-01/coach-bob-knight-passes-away-83 |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite being a star player in high school, he played a reserve role as a forward on the [[1959–60 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team|1960 Ohio State Buckeyes team]] that won the NCAA championship and featured future Hall of Fame players [[John Havlicek]] and [[Jerry Lucas]].<ref name="Medcalf-2023">{{Cite web |last=Medcalf |first=Myron |date=November 1, 2023 |title=Important moments in Bob Knight's career |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/37894332/important-moments-bob-knight-career |access-date=November 2, 2023 |publisher=ESPN |language=en |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102000200/https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/37894332/important-moments-bob-knight-career |url-status=live }}</ref> Knight was also a member of the 1961 and 1962 Buckeyes teams that lost in the finals to the [[Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball|Cincinnati Bearcats]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=May |first=Peter |date=March 21, 2012 |title=Ohio Universities Resume a Rivalry, 50 Years Later |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/sports/ncaabasketball/remembering-the-title-games-between-cincinnati-and-ohio-state.html |access-date=November 2, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617052917/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/sports/ncaabasketball/remembering-the-title-games-between-cincinnati-and-ohio-state.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Due in part to the star power of those Ohio State teams, Knight usually received scant playing time, but that did not prevent him from making an impact. In the [[1961 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|1961 NCAA championship game]], Knight came off the bench with 1:41 on the clock and Cincinnati leading Ohio State, 61–59.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arace |first=Michael |date=November 2, 2023 |title=Arace: Bobby Knight made himself in Indiana, but he was made in Ohio. He never forgot it |url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/sports/columns/2023/11/02/a-look-at-bobby-knights-championship-years-at-ohio-state-university/71418054007/ |access-date=November 2, 2023 |website=The Columbus Dispatch |language=en-US |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102224422/https://subscribe.dispatch.com/restricted?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fcolumns%2F2023%2F11%2F02%2Fa-look-at-bobby-knights-championship-years-at-ohio-state-university%2F71418054007%2F&sltsgmt=TBP_initially_free_24_then_premium_control_A&gps-source=CPROADBLOCKDH |url-status=live }}</ref> In the words of then–Ohio State assistant coach [[Frank Truitt]]:

<blockquote>Knight got the ball in the left front court and faked a drive into the middle. Then [he] crossed over like he worked on it all his life and drove right in and laid it up. That tied the game for us, and Knight ran clear across the floor like a 100-yard dash sprinter and ran right at me and said, "See there, coach, I should have been in that game a long time ago!"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kupper |first=Mike |date=2023-11-01 |title=Bobby Knight dies, one of basketball's greatest — and most volatile — coaches |url=https://www.eagletribune.com/bobby-knight-dies-one-of-basketball-s-greatest-and-most-volatile-coaches/article_2eb4cc41-7c5f-5b00-a458-2156669e6331.html |access-date=2023-11-02 |work=Los Angeles Times |language=en |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102224420/https://www.eagletribune.com/bobby-knight-dies-one-of-basketball-s-greatest-and-most-volatile-coaches/article_2eb4cc41-7c5f-5b00-a458-2156669e6331.html |url-status=live }}</ref></blockquote>

To which Truitt replied, "Sit down, you hot dog. You're lucky you're even on the floor."<ref>Delsohn, Steve and Mark Heisler (2006). ''Bob Knight: The Unauthorized Biography''. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 22. {{ISBN|074324348X}}.</ref>

In addition to lettering in basketball at Ohio State, it has been claimed that Knight also [[Letterman (sports)|lettered]] in football and baseball;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/bob-knight-at.htm |title=Howstuffworks 'Bob Knight' |publisher=Entertainment.howstuffworks.com |access-date=October 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206142202/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/bob-knight-at.htm |archive-date=December 6, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> however, the official list of Ohio State football letter earners does not include Knight.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://admin.xosn.com/fls/17300//pdf/fb/m-footbl-letterwinners.pdf?SPSID=87751&SPID=10408&DB_OEM_ID=17300 |title=Tradition and History: Ohio State Letterwinners |work=Ohio State 2007 Spring Football Media Guide |publisher=Ohio State University Athletics |format=PDF |page=148 |access-date=October 31, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923131005/http://admin.xosn.com/fls/17300//pdf/fb/m-footbl-letterwinners.pdf?SPSID=87751&SPID=10408&DB_OEM_ID=17300 |archive-date=September 23, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Knight graduated with a degree in history and government in 1962.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Puma |first=Mike |title=Knight known for titles, temper |url=http://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Knight_Bob.html |access-date=November 2, 2023 |website=ESPN Classic |archive-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810223404/https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Knight_Bob.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

After graduating from Ohio State University in 1962, he coached junior varsity basketball at [[Cuyahoga Falls High School]] in Ohio for one year.<ref name="deford">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|last=Deford|first=Frank|title=The Rabbit Hunter|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/magazine/12/28/knight.flashback/|date=January 26, 1981|access-date=May 30, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211061150/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/magazine/12/28/knight.flashback/|archive-date=February 11, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> Knight then enlisted in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] and served on active duty from June 1963 to June 1965 and in the [[U.S. Army Reserves]] from June 1965 to May 1969.<ref name=NA>[https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/athletes-military-records-22111/#file-65419 "NA FORM 13164 for Robert Montgomery Knight Military Records"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003061130/https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/athletes-military-records-22111/#file-65419 |date=October 3, 2022 }}, [[National Archives and Records Administration]]</ref> He conducted initial training at [[Fort Leonard Wood]], Missouri and was transferred to [[West Point, New York]], in September 1963.<ref name=NA/> He became a private first class.<ref name=NA/>