Deadspin: pat knight

Pat Knight Gets Some Quiet Time In The Naughty Corner

Rick Chandler — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:45:34 EST

Pat Knight gets his first suspension as a head coach. Bobby says that is the proudest day in a father's life. [Associated Press]

Pat Knight Carrying On The Family Business

Dashiell Bennett — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:45:00 EST

It must be tough being a basketball coach when your dad is in the Hall Of Fame. How are you supposed to live up to his legendary reputation for insane tirades?

It's a tough job, but Pat Knight is certainly doing his part to uphold the family name. Yesterday, his Red Raiders were on the receiving end of an admittedly-terrible call—and a loss to freakin' Nebraska—when Pat went ballistic. He stormed on the court screaming obscenities, quickly earning an ejection. Then as he was being led off court by security, he broke free like a Jerry Springer guest coming back for round two and had to be restrained by his own coaches. Well played, Son.

Say what you will about Bobby Knight and his famous temper, but even he never tried to physically intimidate an official. Well, except for that chair. But at least he was calm about it.

Oh, and it's also good to see Pat carry on the other Knight tradition of sideline casual wear. Were his other sweatpants at the cleaners? [AP, video via ESPNews]

Bob Knight's Kid Keeps Falling Upward

Leitch — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:30:35 EDT

According to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal — which has to be the strangest name for a newspaper we've ever seen — Texas Tech assistant basketball coach Pat Knight will succeed his father (his dad goes by "Bob") as the Red Raiders' head coach. We are wary of calling this eventual promotion "nepotism" or "everyone being too scared of his dad to so much as cough," so we thought we'd take a look at the younger Knight's resume. You know, just in case.

• 1996: Scout, Phoenix Suns.
• 1997: Assistant coach, Connecticut Pride of the CBA
• 1998: Head coach, Wisconsin Blast of the IBA.
• 1998: Fired as head coach, Columbus Cagers of the USBL.
• 1999: Assistant coach, University of Akron.
• 2001: Assistant coach, Texas Tech University.
• 2003: Turned down for head coaching position, Wright State University, despite claim that he had "recruiting connections in Texas."
• 2005: Eventual head coach, Texas Tech University.

If he keeps this up, he could be President someday.

By the way, if you're in the mood for some completely random, unsubstantiated and irresponsibly fun gossip, an old Sports Frog message board post claims Pat used to have a predilection for wearing women's clothing. Just saying.

Pat Knight To Succeed Dad At Texas Tech [Lubbock Avalanche-Journal]