Knight Before the Game 1993-1994: A Transitional Year - Softcover

Angotti, Art

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0974637610 ISBN 13: 9780974637617

Publisher: AMP Sports Publications, Inc., 2004

Synopsis

Bob Knight was at the peak of his career at the start of the 1993-94 basketball season. Then two controversies over his demanding coaching style made this year a turning point for Bob Knight at Indiana University. There would be no more championships in the years ahead.

He lost the support of the media, and with that he lost the support of many of his fans. Indiana alumni began to call for his resignation which weakened his ability to recruit and his overall effectiveness as a coach. Unfortunately, much of the controversy was over a kicking incident that did not happen.

Bob Knight’s reaction to the media criticism was to stop going to press conferences. Instead he used his weekly radio show to talk directly to Indiana fans. In the process he created an intimate, behind-the-scenes history of this critical year.

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About the Author

Mr. Angotti has been active in athletics much of his life. He won the Indiana High School State Championship in the mile run in 1962. He attended Indiana University on a track scholarship and was a letterman and held indoor records in the 1,000 meter run. He later received the Clevenger Award from the Indiana University Athletic Department.

Upon graduation from Indiana in 1966, Mr. Angotti was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army. In 1967, while serving in Vietnam as an armored cavalry platoon leader, he was wounded in a rocket attack and lost much of his vision and hearing. He was awarded the Purple Heart and several other decorations while serving in the Armed Services.

Angotti returned to Indiana University in 1968 and received an MBA degree. He began a career in venture capital that started in Philadelphia and later brought him to Indianapolis, where he now lives. He was a founder and Director of several significant companies, including Indianapolis Cablevision, Indianapolis Cellular Telephone Company and Syndicate Systems, Inc. He formed and managed four successful venture capital funds. Mr. Angotti was awarded the Distinguished Entrepreneur Award from the Indiana University School of Business.

From 1974 to 1979 he was Associate Professor of Finance at Butler University. He also served on the Washington Township Board of Education in Indianapolis for eight years, serving as its president for two terms.

Mr. Angotti assumed the radio broadcast contract for Indiana University in 1992 on behalf of Artistic Media Partners, because the prior holder of the contract did not want to continue to carry IU sports. He immediately contracted with Coach Knight for the exclusive rights to his pre-game and weekly radio broadcasts. Because he had difficulty hearing the Knight broadcasts, he taped and transcribed the shows so that he could follow the programming. Those transcripts became the starting point for this publication.

Edition details

• Publisher: AMP Sports Publications, Inc.
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0974637610
• ISBN 13: 9780974637617
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 288