Bob Knight

**Robert Montgomery Knight** (25 ga Oktoba, 1940 - 1 ga Nuwamba, 2023) kocin ƙwallon kwando ne na maza na Amurka. Ana yi masa lakabi da " **Janar** ", ya lashe wasannin ƙwallon kwando na maza na NCAA Division I guda 902, rikodin da ya yi a lokacin da ya yi ritaya kuma rikodin na shida a kowane lokaci a lokacin mutuwarsa. 

Knight shine babban kocin Army Black Knights (1965–1971), Indiana Hoosiers (1971–2000), da kuma Texas Tech Red Raiders (2001–2008).  Yayin da yake a Army, ya jagoranci Black Knights zuwa wasanni hudu bayan kakar wasa a cikin shekaru shida, inda ya lashe kashi biyu bisa uku na wasanninsa a hanya. Bayan ya karɓi aikin a Indiana, ƙungiyoyinsa sun lashe gasar NCAA guda uku, gasar National Invitation Tournament (NIT) guda ɗaya, da kuma gasar Big Ten Conference guda 11.  Ƙungiyarsa ta 1975–76 ta lashe gasar NCAA ta 1976, kuma, kamar yadda yake a 2024–25, ta kasance ƙungiyar maza ta ƙarshe a kwalejin Division I da ba ta sha kashi ba a tsawon kakar wasa guda (32–0). A cikin cikakkun shekaru bakwai da ya horar a Texas Tech, ƙungiyoyinsa sun cancanci shiga gasar bayan kakar wasa sau biyar. Ya yi ritaya a wani ɓangare na kakar wasa ta 2007–08 kuma ɗansa Pat Knight ya maye gurbinsa a Texas Tech.  Daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin mai sharhi kan wasannin ƙwallon kwando na maza a ESPN har zuwa 2015.  

Knight ya haifar da ce-ce-ku-ce game da halinsa na bayyana ra'ayi da kuma rashin tabbas. Ya taɓa jefa kujera a kan filin wasa a lokacin wasa kuma an taɓa kama shi bayan wata fafatawa da wani jami'in 'yan sanda.  An zarge shi da shaƙe wani ɗan wasan Indiana yayin atisaye a wani lamari da aka ɗauka a bidiyo,   wanda ya sa jami'ar ta kafa masa manufar "babu haƙuri". Bayan wata fafatawa da wani ɗalibi, Jami'ar Indiana ta soke kwangilarsa a kaka ta 2000. 

Knight yana ɗaya daga cikin masu horarwa mafi nasara da kirkire-kirkire a wasan ƙwallon kwando na kwaleji, bayan ya shahara da gasar motsa jiki . Ya sami lambar yabo ta kocin ƙasa na shekara sau huɗu, sannan ya sami lambar yabo ta Big Ten Coach of the Year sau takwas. Ya kuma yi nasara a fagen ƙasa da ƙasa, inda ya lashe lambobin yabo na zinare a Wasannin Pan American na 1979 da kuma Gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 1984 tare da ƙungiyar maza ta Amurka . Yana ɗaya daga cikin masu horar da ƙwallon kwando uku kacal da suka lashe gasar NCAA, gasar NIT, da lambar yabo ta zinare ta Olympics. An shigar da shi cikin Zauren Wasan Kwando na Naismith Memorial a 1991.

## Rayuwar farko da kuma aikin jami'a
An haifi Knight a ranar 25 ga Oktoba, 1940, a garin Massillon, Ohio, kuma ya girma a Orrville, Ohio .  Mahaifinsa Pat yana aiki a layin dogo, mahaifiyarsa Hazel kuma malamar makaranta ce.  Ya fara buga ƙwallon kwando a makarantar sakandare ta Orrville . 

Knight ya ci gaba da zama a Jihar Ohio a shekarar 1958 lokacin da ya buga wa kocin Kwando na Hall of Fame Fred Taylor wasa.   Duk da cewa ya kasance fitaccen ɗan wasa a makarantar sakandare, ya taka rawar gani a matsayin ɗan wasan gaba a ƙungiyar Ohio State Buckeyes ta 1960 wadda ta lashe gasar NCAA kuma ta ƙunshi 'yan wasan Hall of Fame na gaba John Havlicek da Jerry Lucas .  Knight kuma memba ne na ƙungiyoyin Buckeyes na 1961 da 1962 waɗanda suka sha kashi a wasan ƙarshe ga Cincinnati Bearcats . 

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