13 Facts About Pat Knight

Pat Knight became the coach of the Lamar Cardinals basketball team on April 5,2011, but was fired on February 16,2014.

Pat Knight was previously the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team until March 7,2011.

Pat Knight is the son of Basketball Hall of Fame member Bob Pat Knight, and replaced his father as Texas Tech's 13th head coach on February 4,2008.

Pat Knight played basketball at Bloomington High School North and New Hampton School, and then he went on to play college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers from 1990 to 1995 under his father, lettering during four seasons.

Pat Knight scored 138 points in 112 games played, a 1.2 points-per-game average.

Pat Knight graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 1995 with a degree in sports management.

Pat Knight was head coach of the Wisconsin Blast of the International Basketball Association and the Columbus Cagerz of the United States Basketball League before taking assistant coaching positions at Indiana, Akron and Texas Tech.

Pat Knight was an administrative assistant and scout with the NBA's Phoenix Suns and an assistant coach with the Connecticut Pride of the Continental Basketball Association.

In 2005, Pat Knight was designated to succeed his father as head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders, assuming that role on February 4,2008, when his father abruptly retired.

Pat Knight used the motion offense and man-to-man defense, both of which he learned from his father as a player at Indiana and as an assistant coach.

Once in the tunnel, Pat Knight ran back onto the court to continue arguing.

Pat Knight was not suspended, but received a public reprimand instead from the Big 12 Conference.

Pat Knight led Lamar to its first 20-win season since 1988 and a third-place finish in the conference.