SUB brings former IU coach Knight to ND
Observer staff report
Former Indiana University head basketball coach will speak at Notre Dame March 27. Invited by the Student Union Board (SUB), Knight will address the public at Stepan Center at 7 p.m.
"I think it's going to generate a lot of excitement for Notre Dame because he's such a great basketball coach and Notre Dame has been in the basketball limelight," said SUB member Stephen Christ.
Christ said the idea to bring Knight to campus came from Knight's recent string of talks at other colleges and universities. As a big sports community, Christ said Notre Dame is the perfect outlet for Knight's talk.
SUB can sell up to 2,000 tickets. Students can purchase tickets Wednesday at the LaFortune Information desk at 9 a.m. The cost is $2 for students and faculty. The community can purchase tickets for $4 starting Tuesday.
Knight was fired from his position as head coach at Indiana Sept. 10 for repeated misconduct. The controversial coach generated several stories of abusive coaching well as ill-tempered incidents with the public.
In his nearly 30 years at Indiana, Knight won three national championships and with 763 victories is the fifth most winningest coach in college basketball history.
All News Stories for Tuesday, March 6, 2001
