Coaching legacy of Bob Knight

A number of assistant coaches, players, and managers of Bob Knight have gone on to be head coaches. The following is a list of such people.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Assistant coaches

• Murry Bartow – UAB (1996-2002), East Tennessee State (2003-present)
• Dave Bliss – New Mexico (1989-99), Baylor (1999-2003)
• Ted Chidester – BYU-Hawaii (1979-87)^[1]
• Jim Crews – Evansville (1985-2000), Army (2001-2009)
• Dan Dakich – Bowling Green (2001-2007), Indiana, interim (2008)^[1]
• Gale Daugherty – Ohio Northern (1972-92)^[1]
• Jene Davis – Furman (1981-85)^[1]
• Mike Davis – Indiana (2001-2006), UAB (2006-present)
• Don DeVoe – Virginia Tech (1971-76), Wyoming (1976-78), Tennessee (1979-89), Navy (1992-2003)
• Bob Donewald – Illinois State (1977-88), Western Michigan (1989-2000)^[1]
• Gerry Gimelstob – George Washington (1981-85)^[1]
• Mike Hanks – Samford (1981-1984), South Alabama (1984-87), Saint Leo (1996-2001)
• Charlie Harrison – East Carolina (1983-87)^[1]
• Mike Krzyzewski – Army (1975-80), Duke (1981-present)
• Al LoBalbo – Fairleigh Dickinson (1969-80)^[1]
• Tom Miller – Colorado (1986-90), Army (1990-93)^[1]
• Mike Schuler – Rice (1977-81), VMI (1982-85)^[1]
• Skip Shear – Missouri Western^[1]
• Lionel Sinn – Southern Indiana (1988-92)^[1]
• Kohn Smith – Utah State (1988-92)^[1]
• Chuck Swenson – William & Mary (1987-94)^[1]
• Ray Swetalla – Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1983-87)^[1]
• Royce Waltman – DePauw (1988-92), Indianapolis (1992-97, 2007-08), Indiana State (1997-2007)^[1]
• Bob Weltlich – Mississippi (1976-82), Texas (1982-88), Florida International (1990-95), South Alabama (1997-2002)
• Chuck Williams – Southwest Missouri State (1972-77)^[1]
• Joby Wright – Miami (Ohio) (1990-93), Wyoming (1993-97)^[1]

Players

• Steve Alford – Manchester (1992-95), Southwest Missouri State (1996-99), Iowa (1999-2007), New Mexico (2007-present)
• Damon Bailey – Bedford North Lawrence High School (2005-07)
• Bob Bender – Illinois State (1990-93), Washington Huskies (1994-2001)
• Delray Brooks – Texas-Pan American (1997-99)^[1]
• Quinn Buckner – Dallas Mavericks (1993-94)
• Cam Cameron – Indiana Hoosiers (football) (1997-2001), Miami Dolphins (2007-2008), Baltimore Ravens (2009-present)
• Butch Carter – Toronto Raptors (1998-2000)
• Dane Fife – IPFW (2005-2011)
• Pat Knight – Texas Tech (2008-2011), Lamar University (2011-present)^[2]
• Marty Simmons – Southern Illinois Edwardsville (2002-2007), Evansville (2007-present)
• Keith Smart – Cleveland Cavaliers (2003), Golden State Warriors (2010-2011)
• Isiah Thomas – Indiana Pacers (2000-2003), New York Knicks (2006-2008), Florida International (2009 - present)
• Bob Wilkerson – Maryland Eastern Shore^[1]
• Randy Wittman – Cleveland Cavaliers (1999-2001), Minnesota Timberwolves (2007-2008)
• Mike Woodson – Atlanta Hawks (2004-2010)

Managers

• Matthew Bowen – Bemidji State (2006–present)^[1]
• Lawrence Frank – New Jersey Nets (2004-2009), Detroit Pistons (2011-present)
• Joe Pasternack – University of New Orleans (2007-present)^[3]

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