SIOUX FALLS, SD – Retired Basketball Coach Bobby Knight will appear with retired NFL defensive lineman Alan Page and retired NHL center Mike Modano at the Hy-Vee/Sanford Legends Event in Sioux Falls, SD June 9th through the 21st. Source: KDLT News
According to the KDLT News article The Hy-Vee/Sanford Legends program is host to different sporting clinics and camps for young student-athletes:
“The Hy-Vee/Sanford Legends program provides learning opportunity for young student-athletes to grow and be inspired in the world of sports by providing different sporting clinics and camps. Each year, celebrity athletes who represent the Legends goals—quality, integrity and character—are brought to Sioux Falls.”
Bobby Knight, Alan Page and Mike Modano along with all the other coaches and athletes are scheduled to attend the Legends banquet and will conduct free clinics for attendees. There will be free clinics for football, baseball, basketball and hockey.
Bobby Knight is a retired basketball coach who is best known as the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers from 1971 to 2000. Knight was one of college basketball’s most successful and innovative coaches, having perfected and popularized the motion offense. He also coached at Texas Tech (2001–2008) and at Army (1965–1971). Knight has also attracted controversy when he famously threw a chair across the court during a game. Knight remains “the object of near fanatical devotion” from his former players and Indiana fans. In 2008, Knight joined ESPN as a men’s college basketball studio analyst during Championship Week and for coverage of the NCAA Tournament. He continued covering college basketball for ESPN through the 2014-15 season.
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