Daniel John Dakich was born on August 17,1962 and is an American basketball sportscaster.
16 Facts About Dan Dakich
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Dan Dakich is a former player, assistant coach, interim head coach for the Indiana University Hoosiers former head coach at Bowling Green State University and a member of the Indiana Basketball Hall Of Fame.
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Dan Dakich currently is the host of Don't @ Me on OutKick.
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Dan Dakich elected to play basketball for Indiana under coach Bob Knight from 1981 to 1985.
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Dan Dakich assisted in the development of six All-Americas and three national Player of the Year candidates, including 1993 Player of the Year Calbert Cheaney.
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Dan Dakich coached one player who signed a professional contract, former Indiana Pacers guard Keith McLeod.
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Dan Dakich had losing seasons in four of his last five years with BGSU, and resigned as head coach in 2007.
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Briefly in 2002, Dan Dakich was named head basketball coach at West Virginia University to succeed Gale Catlett.
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Dan Dakich spent 16 years with Knight, four as a player and twelve as an assistant.
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Dan Dakich said that the reason he stayed so long was because Knight had promised him that he would be Knight's successor at IU.
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In 2017, Dan Dakich said that he had 'lost all respect' for Knight after Knight failed to attend a ceremony honoring the undefeated 1976 IU basketball team.
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From 2008 through 2022, Dakich was the host of "The Dan Dakich Show" on Indianapolis radio station WFNI, ESPN radio affiliate, 1070 The Fan.
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In 2021, Dan Dakich left ESPN and joined OutKick as a host.
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In January 2024, Dan Dakich started hosting a weekday radio show on WXNT AM in Indianapolis.
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In October 2019, Dan Dakich was suspended from his show for failing "to adhere to the journalistic principles valued by" Emmis Communications, which owns WFNI.
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Dan Dakich married his first wife Jackie in 1990 and they divorced in 2012.