Playing for Knight: My Six Seasons with Coach Knight - Hardcover

Steve Alford; John Garrity

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671677713 ISBN 13: 9780671677718

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1989

Synopsis

An Olympic gold medalist recalls his four years on Indiana University's basketball team under the brilliant but controversial coach Bobby Knight, whose volatility and manipulativeness exacted a heavy toll from his players

About this title

From Library Journal:

In the third recent book about Indiana basketball's Knight, player Alford candidly relates his often stormy relations with the tempestuous coach but adds ultimate admiration after playing for Knight for four college years, the 1984 Olympic Gold Medal team, and a world tour. He steers a middle course between John Feinstein's critical A Season on the Brink ( LJ 11/1/86) and Joan Mellen's more sympathetic Bob Knight: His Own Man (Donald I. Fine, 1988). A fast-moving, intriguing tale, this does not replace Feinstein's book but is preferred to Mellen's for public and high school collections.
- Morey Berger, Monmouth Cty. Lib., Manalapan, N.J.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

A former Indiana University star basketball player describes his experiences with the intimidating, demanding Coach Bobby Knight. "Alford's story is told candidly," said PW.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0671677713
• ISBN 13: 9780671677718
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304