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In , the name 2002, for the first of two exhibition games, and tive seasons. Knight’s Red Raiders totaled 68- is synonymous with greatness and winning. Just by the time they walked off the court in Madison wins which eclipsed the former mark of 67-wins take a glance at the Bob Knight file. The numbers Square Garden on April 3, 2003, they were one from the 1994-1997 seasons. and achievements that illustrate what he has done of only three of the 327 Division I teams in the Andre Emmett became the leading scorer for the game of basketball are there for all to see. nation to have completed post-season play on in the Big 12, Texas Tech’s all-time leading Everyone knew Bob Knight would get the a winning note. Texas Tech’s 71-61 win over scorer with 2,256 points, and the thirteenth Bob Red Raider program back to its winning ways. the University of in the consolation Knight player to earn All-America honors. Many didn’t think it could be done so suc- game of the National Invitational Tournament Their eighth seed in the 2004 NCAA cessfully or so quickly. In his initial season, brought closure to the season and another 20- Tournament marked the first time Tech teams Texas Tech went from 11th in the Big 12 win mark for the Raiders under Coach Bob had earned invitations to post-season play in Conference to a tie for third and posted a +14 Knight. The 2002-2003 season marked his three successive seasons in school history. The victory margin (9-19 in 2000-2001 to 23-9 in eighth NIT appearance and the 34th time in his Raiders defeated Charlotte 76-73 in Buffalo, 2001-2002). Texas Tech’s 23 wins in that initial 37 years of coaching that his teams had played New York, to become to win an season represented Coach Knight’s 25th season in post-season tournaments. According to Jeff NCAA Tournament game since the 1976 team of winning 20 or more games and were Tech’s Sagarin’s NCAA national rankings, Texas Tech’s defeated Syracuse 69-56 in Denton, Texas. most single-season victories since the 1995- final ranking of 28 made the Raiders the highest After an 8-3 non-conference record to open 1996 season. The Red Raiders also earned an ranked team not to gain a spot in the 65-team the 2004-2005 season, the Red Raiders were NCAA Tournament berth for the 11th time in field of the NCAA Tournament. 10-6 in conference play. Perhaps the most excit- the school’s 77 years of fielding basketball teams Texas Tech’s third season with Bob Knight ing game for Raider fans was the 80-79 double and marked the 25th time Coach Knight had at the helm was another unqualified success. overtime win against Kansas at the United taken his teams to the NCAA Tournament. Overall, the squad won 23 games marking the Spirit Arena on Valentine’s Day. Darryl Dora In Coach Knight’s second season, his Red first time in the school’s history that the Red put Tech on top to stay with less than four Raiders stepped onto the court on November 7, Raiders won at least 20 games in three consecu- seconds remaining in the second overtime with his three-pointer from the top of the key. The game became an “Instant Classic” on ESPN a few days later. The Raiders earned a bye in the Big 12 Championship as a result of their fourth place finish in conference play and then went on to defeat Iowa State (64-56) and Oklahoma (69-63) before falling to OSU in the champion- ship by four points, 68-72. Texas Tech’s sixth seed in the 2005 Albuquerque regional matched the Red Raiders’ highest seeding, their fourth postseason trip, and their third NCAA appearance in four seasons under Coach Bob Knight. Their post-

TEXAS TEXAS TECH TECH UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY RED RED RAIDER RAIDERS BASKETBALL BASKETBALL 49 Official caterer of Texas Tech Men’s Basketball for all pre-game meals and other special meals throughout the season. REDRED RAIDERRAIDER BASKETBALLBASKETBALL season entry also noted Bob Knight’s of 1984, came at age 44; the 500th win, 27th NCAA Tournament appearance, Coach Bob Knight’s Career Record 92-76 over Northwestern in January which is the top mark among all at Army 1989, came at age 48; the 600th win, Overall Conference Post coaches established by Year W L Pct. W L Pct. Season 75-67 over Iowa on January 6, 1993, from 1967-1997. 1965-66 18 8 .692 NIT–4th came at the age of 52. He is the young- The Red Raiders shot a season-high 1966-67 13 8 .619 est coach to win 600 games, just a few 1967-68 20 5 .800 NIT 62-percent in their 78-66 first-round 1968-69 18 10 .643 NIT–4th months ahead of his good friend, the victory over 11th-seeded UCLA in 1969-70 22 6 .786 NIT–3rd late . Victory number 700 Tucson. The Red Raiders then faced 1970-71 11 13 .458 arrived March 5, 1997, in a 70-66 vic- Totals 102 50 .671 third-seeded Gonzaga. - a tory over Wisconsin. At 62 years of age, walk-on four years ago who became at Indiana Coach Knight became the youngest of team captain as a senior and one of the Overall Conference Big Post the four coaches to ever reach the mile- Year W L Pct. W L Pct. Ten Season Big 12’s best guards under Knight’s stone of 800 victories. 1971-72 17 8 .630 9 5 .643 3rd NIT guidance - sank the go-ahead 3-pointer 1972-73 22 6 .786 11 3 .786 1st NCAA–3rd Coach Knight achieved his 800th with 1:06 to play, then added two 1973-74 23 5 .822 12 2 .857 1st CCA–1st career victory with a 75-49 home court 1974-75 31 1 .969 18 0 1.00 1st NCAA clinching free throws with 7.5 seconds 1975-76 32 0 1.00 18 0 1.00 1st NCAA–1st win over Nebraska on February 5, left to lead the Raiders to a 71-69 1976-77 16 11 .593 11 7* .611 4th 2003. His current record, as measured second-round victory over Gonzaga, 1977-78 21 8 .724 12 6 .722 2nd NCAA by the NCAA, stands at 869-350. He 1978-79 22 12 .647 10 8 .556 5th NIT–1st sending the Red Raiders to the “Sweet 1979-80 21 8 .724 13 5 .722 1st NCAA stands at the pinnacle of the NCAA’s Sixteen” against West Virginia. The 1980-81 26 9 .743 14 4 .788 1st NCAA–1st “Winningest Active Division 1 Men’s Red Raiders lost to the Mountaineers 1981-82 19 10 .655 12 6 .677 2nd NCAA Basketball Coaches By Victories” and is 1982-83 24 6 .800 13 5 .722 1st NCAA 65-60 to conclude the season with 22 1983-84 22 9 .710 13 5 .722 3rd NCAA third among the “Winningest Division wins and 11 losses...the fourth con- 1984-85 19 14 .576 7 11 .389 7th NIT–2nd 1 Men’s Basketball Coaches of All- secutive twenty-win season for Texas 1985-86 21 8 .724 13 5 .722 2nd NCAA Time.” His friend, Dean Smith, leads 1986-87 30 4 .882 15 3 .833 1st NCAA–1st Tech. Coach Knight has now taken 1987-88 19 10 .655 11 7 .611 5th NCAA all coaches with an 879 career win his teams into postseason play a total 1988-89 27 8 .771 15 3 .833 1st NCAA mark. follows Smith 1989-90 18 11 .621 8 10 .444 7th NCAA of 36 times. with 876 wins. Tech’s 79-69 win over 1990-91 29 5 .853 15 3 .833 1st NCAA The 2005-2006 Red Raiders were 1991-92 27 7 .794 14 4 .778 2nd NCAA–3rd Colorado in the 2004 Phillips 66 Big 15-17, only the second time in forty 1992-93 31 4 .886 17 1 .944 1st NCAA 12 Tournament moved him ahead of 1993-94 21 9 .700 12 6 .667 3rd NCAA years a Bob Knight team has been ’s 830-career mark. 1994-95 19 12 .613 11 7 .611 3rd NCAA under .500 for a season. Over the 1995-96 20 11 .645 12 6* .667 2nd NCAA Knight owns a remarkable 71-34 last five Red Raider seasons, Bob 1996-97 22 11 .667 9 9 .500 5th NCAA record (.676) in post-season tourna- 1997-98 20 12 .625 9 7 .563 5th NCAA Knight’s teams have won 105 games 1998-99 23 11 .676 9 7 .563 3rd NCAA ment play. Texas Tech’s two wins in – the best five-year span in Texas 1999-00 20 9 .689 10 6 .625 5th NCAA the 2001-2002 Phillips 66 Big 12 Tech basketball history. It was also the Totals 662 239 .735 353 151 .700 Tournament were its first victories since fifth time a Coach Knight player was at Texas Tech the 1997 event. With an additional two selected to the All Big 12 First Team. Overall Conference Big Post wins in the 2002-2003 tournament, Jarrius Jackson joined former team- Year W L Pct. W L Pct. 12 Season and a win in the 2003-2004 event, the 2001-02 23 9 .719 10 6 .625 3rd (t) NCAA mates Ronald Ross and Andre Emmett 2002-03 22 13 .629 6 10 .375 T7th NIT-3rd Red Raiders are 6-8 in the seven-year as First Team selections. Jarrius also 2003-04 23 11 .676 9 7 .563 T5th NCCA event. As a sophomore, as a junior, 2004-05 22 11 .667 10 6 .625 4th NCAA led the in scoring and as a senior, Andre Emmett earned 2005-06 15 17 .469 6 10 .375 T7th (20.5 ppg) and was 21st nationally. Totals 105 61 .633 41 39 .513 First Team All-Big 12 honors. Andre’s As the 2006-2007 season approach- Career 869 350 .713 accolades marked the 35th time that a es, Bob Knight has 869 career wins and Coach Knight player has earned First Note: *1977 Big Ten Season record reflects two victories awarded after the end of the is poised to pass Adolph Rupp (876) season and one victory at the end of the 1995-96 season. Team All-Conference honors. and Dean Smith (879) to become During his six seasons at Army and the all-time career wins leader. As a Bob Knight is among the youngest head his 29 years at Indiana University, he testament to his dedication as a teacher and his coaches to have won 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, experienced nothing short of excellence! There are love of the game, coupled with an intense work 700, and 800 career games. His 200th coach- the wins, the conference titles, the national cham- ethic, Bob Knight has averaged nearly 22 wins ing victory, 93-56 over Georgia in 1976, came pionships, and the exemplary graduation rate and and less than 9 losses each season for 40 seasons at the age of 35; the 300th win, 83-69 over player success after basketball. Most telling is the – and he is doing what a legendary coach does: Northwestern in 1980, came at age 40; the bond that exists between Coach Knight and those preparing his next group of student-athletes for 400th win, 81-68 over Kentucky in December who have played for him. the upcoming season. TEXAS TEXAS TECH TECH UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY RED RED RAIDER RAIDERS BASKETBALL BASKETBALL 51 ������������������������������������������

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Dean Smith have both coached and played on only nine players for most of the season while 40 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE NCAA championship teams - Knight at Ohio still going 17-1 in conference play and finishing State in 1960; Smith at Kansas in 1952. the regular season ranked No. 1 in the country. ... AND STILL GROWING In 1989, Coach Knight became the winningest During Knight’s 29 years at Indiana, the coach in Big Ten history. He went into the season Hoosiers won an amazing 662 games, including STRONG with 212 conference wins, just one behind Purdue’s 22 seasons of 20 or more wins, while losing but Ward “Piggy” Lambert, and surpassed him, ironi- 239, a remarkable .735 winning percentage. Coach Knight cally enough, with a 74-73 win at Purdue. Knight’s There were some amazing accomplishments NCAA Tournaments 27 Big Ten winning percentage of .700 (353-151) is along the way. NCAA Championships 3 easily the league’s all-time best. In achieving undefeated regular seasons in NCAA Tournament Record 45-22 1975 and 1976, the Hoosiers won an unbeliev- NIT Tournaments 8 able 37-consecutive Big Ten games. They hold NIT Championships 1 the one, two, three, four, and five-year Big Ten records for most wins. During another stretch, CCA Tournaments 1 the Hoosiers won 34-consecutive games overall CCA Championships 1 and over a three-year period posted 67 victories Postseason Record 70-33 in 68 outings. From 1973 through 1976, Indiana (NCAA, NIT, CCA Tournaments) won four-consecutive Big Ten titles: back-to-back Academic All-Big Ten (1st Team) 31 crowns in 1980 and 1981; a seventh title in 1987; Academic All-American (1st Team) 10 and the ninth league championship in 1989, the 10th in 1991, and the 11th in 1993. The 11 Academic All-Big 12 2 Bob Knight and . conference championships tie for the most ever All-Americans (1st Team) 13 Knight has a touch of genius about him. He by a basketball coach in Big Ten history. All-Big Ten (1st Team) 32 has the uncanny ability to extract the full poten- From 1991-93, the Hoosiers posted 87 vic- All-Big 12 (1st Team) 5 tial from his teams, whether the multi-talented tories, the most by any Big Ten team in a three- Big Ten MVP’s 10 like the 1975 and 1976 squads that went unde- year span, breaking the mark of 86 set by Coach Big Ten Record 353-151 feated in Big Ten play or the 1980 team, which Knight’s Indiana teams of 1974-76. Big Ten Championships 8 played without two top talents for most of the It is in tournament play where the Knight season and still emerged as Big Ten champions. genius shines. In 24 NCAA appearances, Big Ten Co-Championships 3 The 1981 squad never lost sight of its ultimate Hoosier teams under Bob Knight won 42 of Final Top 10 Ranking 12 goal and won the Big Ten and NCAA cham- 63 games (.667), winning titles in 1976, 1981, First Round NBA Draft Picks 15 pionships. The 1983 team, which lost scoring and 1987, while finishing third in 1973 and Second Round NBA Draft Picks 16 star to injury, then regrouped and 1992. The Hoosiers won the first Collegiate blitzed three contenders for an outright Big Commissioner’s Association championship in Ten championship. The 1987 squad may have 1974. In 1979, the Hoosiers won the National Bob Knight is his own man, one who repre- come the closest of any of the previous Knight Invitation Tournament championship in New sents high principles, expectations and demands teams to reaching their potential and capturing York’s famed Madison Square Garden and near- for his players, his coaching staff and, most of the national championship. And then there ly added a second NIT title in 1985 before fall- all, himself. But he is foremost an educator. His was the 1989 team, which won the Big Ten ing to UCLA in the championship game. They ability to teach young men the game of basket- Championship and advanced to the NCAA were one pass shy of going to the NIT Finals at ball and the game of life is one of his most noted Regionals after being picked by most to finish in the end of the 2002-2003 season. characteristics. the Big Ten’s second division. The 1993 Big Ten Bob Knight logged a sterling 53-24 record in Coach Knight has proven over and over again champions, hampered by injuries, played with post-season tournament games while at Indiana, a that he is the finest basketball coach in America. No other coach can cite NCAA and NIT cham- A Tradition of Coaching Excellence pionships and Olympic and Pan American gold W L Total Games Percentages medals among his achievements. There are only Army 102 50 152 .671 two coaches in the history of collegiate basketball who have won more than the three national IU 662 239 901 .735 championships Knight has won during his career. His coaching achievements were honored in May TTU 105 61 166 .633 of 1991 when he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Only Coach Career 869 350 1219 .713 Knight and former North Carolina head coach TEXAS TEXAS TECH TECH UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY RED RED RAIDER RAIDERS BASKETBALL BASKETBALL 53

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.688 percentage. Additionally, his Hoosiers won on to record of 22 victories in 1970. They also played in 47 Holiday tournaments and at the start of the become four NIT tournaments, placing third in 1970 and 1992-93 and 1996-97 seasons, captured the success- fourth in both 1966 and 1969. His overall Army Preseason NIT title. ful head mark was 102-50, and three times his teams led While at Indiana, a total of 23 different play- coaches the nation in scoring defense. ers under Coach Knight’s tutelage received All- at the Committed to mentoring, Coach Knight’s American and All-Big Ten honors. For 10-con- c o l - coaching techniques and teaching skills place secutive seasons, a player made the All-American legiate him in great demand as a clinic speaker around Academic and All-Big Ten Academic Teams, l e v e l the country. High school coaches flock to his and a total of 18 players were so honored. Nine a n d clinics, and his summer camp for youngsters is Indiana players won 10 Big Ten Most Valuable in the always filled to capacity with a waiting list. Player honors. was a two-time win- NBA. Bob Knight has long been active in the ner (1975 & 1976) and in 1976 was named That National Association of Basketball Coaches, serv- National Player of the Year. Brian Evans won the Knight ing in various capacities. He served a term as a Big Ten award in 1996, while Calbert Chaney has been trustee of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall won in 1993 and was named the National able to achieve success for such a long period of of Fame and was named an honorary member of Player of the Year that season. time attests to his innovation and creativity. Beta Gamma Sigma, the national business honor Six Knight-coached players have served on When a young Coach Knight arrived at Indiana society. He has also lent his name to help support Olympic men’s basketball teams, four of which in the spring of 1971, the Big Ten was a high- charitable and youth organizations. earned coveted gold medals. Two of those scoring league, with Iowa winning the 1970-71 The works of Bob Knight stretch far beyond Olympians - of Army in 1968 title averaging 100 points per game, while the the realm of his numerous achievements and and of Indiana in 1976 - served entire league averaged almost 86 points. highly recognized status on the hardcourt. In as team captains. Three other Hoosiers played First he introduced defense, contesting every August, 2003, he was honored as the first on the 1979 U.S. Pan American gold medal pass, every shot - total man-to-man defense. His inductee in The Vince Lombardi Titletown team, which Knight coached. offense was one of patience, one of creating the Legends. The honor and responsibility pays Knight’s coaching genius has not gone unno- best possible shot. But he’s never been one to be tribute to those individuals who possess the ticed. He won the Big Ten’s Coach of the Year afraid of change. He introduced the passing game characteristics instilled by Vince Lombardi in award three times in four years (1973, 1975, offense to the Hoosiers, an offense that relied on all his players: Dedication, Teamwork, Respect, and 1976) and added three more awards (1980, recognition and movement. His teams played up- Love, Family, and Discipline. 1981, and 1989). In 1975 he was a unani- tempo, fast break when the opportunity existed, A native of Orrville, Ohio, Knight is a gradu- mous selection as National Coach of the Year, attacked with two-on-one, three-on-two, or four- ate of Ohio State where he was a member of an honor he was accorded again in 1976 by on-three situations. And although a tenacious the Buckeye hardwood teams that won Big Ten , United Press International, man-to-man will always remain a Knight staple, titles in 1960, 1961, and 1962 and the NCAA and Basketball Weekly. In 1987 he was picked zone defenses have appeared in the arsenal. in 1960 while posting an overall record of 78-6. as the Naismith Coach of the Year. In 1989 he Knight has been successful not only nationally Many of the Big Ten team records that Knight’s garnered National Coach of the Year honors by but internationally as well. In 1979 he guided the Indiana teams shattered were those he had a part the AP, UPI, and the Basketball United States Pan American team to a gold medal in making as an OSU player. Writers Association. in Puerto Rico. In 1984 he coached what may After graduating with a degree in History and Following the 2001-2002 season, Coach well have been the best amateur basketball team Government, Knight was an assistant coach at Knight was also named Coach of the Year ever assembled, the United States Olympic team, Cuyahoga Falls (Ohio) High School one year by and The Dallas Morning which easily won the gold medal in the XXIII before entering the U.S. Army where he was News. Both the USBWA and the NABC also Olympiad in Los Angeles. assigned to Coach at West Point. selected him as the Coach of the Year for their As Olympic coach, Knight arranged for the tri- When Locke became head coach at Miami (Ohio) respective districts. Bob Knight also received als to be held in Bloomington, where 34,000 fans University in 1965, Knight, then only 24, was The Coach Award, which honors the on consecutive nights witnessed exhibition games. named to succeed him and became the youngest Division One Men’s Basketball Coach who has And on a July evening, the Indianapolis RCA Varsity Coach in major collegiate history. made the most significant contribution to bas- Dome played hot to a doubleheader involving the Knight is the father of two sons. Tim, a 1986 ketball during that season. men’s and women’s Olympic teams and drew a graduate of Stanford University, serves Texas Always the educator, Coach Knight takes record indoor crowd of 67,596 spectators. Tech as an Assistant Athletic Director/Special immense pride in the graduation rate of his Knight has been a head coach on the collegiate Projects. Pat, who played for him at IU from players. All but two of his four-year players com- level for 40 years, compiling a dazzling record of 1991-95, is the Head Coach Designate at Texas pleted degrees, a ratio of nearly 98 percent. 869-3503 (.713). Before his tenure at Indiana, Tech. Bob Knight and his wife, Karen, were Equally pleasing to Knight are the number Bob Knight coached six years at Army, where his married in 1988. of assistants and former players who have gone teams twice won 20 games, including a school TEXAS TEXAS TECH TECH UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY RED RED RAIDER RAIDERS BASKETBALL BASKETBALL 55

REDRED RAIDERRAIDER BASKETBALLBASKETBALL THE BOB KNIGHT FILE All-Division Coaching Records Active Coaching Records (Coaches who have won at least 500 games regardless of NCAA classification) MOST GAMES Coach (Alma Mater) Team(s) Coached, Tenure ...... Yrs Won Lost Pct. No. Coach, Team(s) and Seasons 1. Dean Smith (Kansas 1953) North Carolina 1962-97 ...... 36 879 254 .776 1,219 Bob Knight, Army 1966-71, Indiana 72-2000, Texas Tech 02-06 2. Adolph F. Rupp (Kansas 1923) Kentucky 1931-52, 54-72 ...... 41 876 190 .822 1,047 , Northeastern 1973-86, Connecticut 87-2006 3. Bob Knight (Ohio St. 1962) Army 1966-71, Indiana 72-2000, Texas Tech 02-06* ...... 40 869 350 .713 1,029 , Long Beach St. 1974, Iowa 75-83, Arizona 84-2006 4. Don Meyer (Northern CO 1967) Hamline 1973-75, Lipscomb 76-99, Northern St. 00-06* ... 34 841 285 .747 5. Jim Phelan (La Salle 1951) Mt. St. Mary’s 1955-2003 ...... 49 830 524 .613 1,003 , Army 1976-80, Duke 81-2006 *active MOST SEASONS NCAA Winningest Active Division I Coaches By Victories No. Coach, Team(s) and Seasons (Minimum five years as a Division I head coach; includes record at four-year U.S. colleges only.) 40 Bob Knight, Army 1966-71, Indiana 72-2000, Texas Tech 02-06 Coach ...... Team ...... Won 34 Jim Calhoun, Northeastern 1973-86, Connecticut 87-2006 1. Bob Knight ...... Texas Tech ...... 869 33 Lute Olson, Long Beach St. 1974, Iowa 75-83, Arizona 84-2006 2. Lute Olson ...... Arizona ...... 760 3. Mike Krzyzewski ...... Duke ...... 753 MOST DIVISION I 20-WIN SEASONS 4. Jim Calhoun ...... Connecticut ...... 733 No. Coach, Team(s) and Seasons 5. ...... Syracuse ...... 726 28 Bob Knight, Army 1966-71, Indiana 72-2000, Texas Tech 02-06 6. Tom Davis ...... Drake ...... 581 28 Jim Boeheim, Syracuse 1977-2006 28 Lute Olson, Long Beach St. 1974, Iowa 75-83, Arizona 84-2006 22 Mike Krzyzewski, Army 1976-80, Duke 81-2006 Winningest Division I Men’s Basketball Coaches 21 Jim Calhoun, Northeastern 1973-86, Connecticut 87-2006 All-Time By Victories MOST DIVISION I 30-WIN SEASONS (Minimum 10 head coaching seasons in Division I) No. Coach, Team(s) and Seasons Coach ...... Wins 9 Mike Krzyzewski, Army 1976-80, Duke 81-2006 1. Dean Smith ...... 879 6 Jim Calhoun, Northeastern 1973-86, Connecticut 87-2006 2. Adolph Rupp ...... 876 6 Roy Williams, Kansas 1990-2003, North Carolina 04-06 3. Bob Knight* ...... 869 4 Bob Knight, Army 1966-71, Indiana 72-2000, Texas Tech 02-06 4. Jim Phelan ...... 830 4 , Boston U. 1979-83, Providence 86-87, Kentucky 90-97, 5. ...... 798 Louisville 2002-06 6. ...... 786 7. ...... 779 8. Henry Iba ...... 764 NCAA Tournament Records 9. Lute Olson* ...... 760 TOURNAMENT CAREER APPEARANCES 10. Ed Diddle ...... 759 No. Coach Team(s) Years *active. 1. 27 Bob Knight* Indiana and Texas Tech 1973-2006 27 Dean Smith North Carolina 1967-1997 * active.

Born Career Win #800 October 25, 1940 Texas Tech 75, Nebraska 49 (2003) Place of Birth Career Win #700 Orrville, Ohio Indiana 70, Wisconsin 66 (1997) Education Career Win #600 Ohio State, B.S. History and Government, 1962 Indiana 75, Iowa 67 (1993) Playing Experience Career Win #500 Ohio State, 1960-62 Indiana 92, Northwestern 76 (1989) Coaching Resume Career Win #400 Asst. Coach, Cuyahoga Falls (Ohio) HS, 1963 Indiana 81, Kentucky 68 (1985) Assistant Coach, Army, 1964-65 Career Win #300 Head Coach, Army, 1966-71 Indiana 83, Northwestern 69 (1980) Head Coach, Indiana, 1972-2000 Career Win #200 Head Coach, , 2001 Indiana 93, Georgia 56 (1976) International Coaching Resume Career Win #100 U.S. Pan American Games Team, 1979 Army 64, Navy 50 (1971) Gold Medal Winner Career Win #1 Army 71, Worcester 62 (1966) U.S. Olympic Team, 1984 Gold Medal Winner TEXAS TEXAS TECH TECH UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY RED RED RAIDER RAIDERS BASKETBALL BASKETBALL 57 Drive for 35

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®® REDRED RAIDERRAIDER BASKETBALLBASKETBALL BOB KNIGHT vs. OPPONENTS Overall Overall Overall W L W L W L Alabama 2 0 Houston 3 0 Richmond 2 1 Alabama-Birmingham 3 1 Idaho 1 0 Robert Morris 1 0 Alaska-Anchorage 1 0 Illinois 37 19 Rochester 4 0 Alcorn State 1 0 Illinois State 3 0 Rutgers 5 2 Appalachian State 1 0 Indiana State 2 1 Saint Joseph’s (Pa.) 2 1 Arkansas 0 1 Iona 3 0 Saint Louis 1 0 Arkansas-Little Rock 2 0 Iowa 35 21 Sam Houston State 1 1 Auburn 1 0 Iowa State 9 1 San Diego 1 0 Austin Peay 1 0 Jacksonville 1 0 San Diego State 4 0 Ball State 7 0 James Madison 1 0 San Francisco 5 0 Baylor 10 2 Kansas 6 11 San Jose State 1 0 Boise State 1 0 Kansas State 12 1 Santa Clara 3 0 Boston College 2 4 Kent 2 0 Seton Hall 6 3 Boston Univ. 3 0 Kentucky 15 18 SMU 6 1 Bowling Green 3 0 Kings College 1 0 South Alabama 2 0 Bradley 2 0 Lehigh 6 0 South Carolina 3 1 Brigham Young 2 1 Long Beach State 1 0 South Dakota 1 0 Brown 1 0 Louisianna-Lafayette 1 0 Southern California 1 0 Bucknell 1 0 Louisiana State 4 0 Southern Illinois 0 1 Buffalo 1 0 Louisiana Tech 2 1 SW Missouri State 1 0 Butler 6 1 Louisville 3 5 St. Bonaventure 1 1 California 1 2 Maine 1 0 St. Francis (NY) 1 0 Canisius 2 0 Manhattan 5 2 St. John’s 5 8 Centenary 1 0 Marquette 3 1 St. Peter’s 1 0 Central Michigan 1 0 Marshall 1 0 Stanford 2 0 Chaminade 1 0 Maryland 2 1 Stetson 1 0 Charlotte 1 0 Massachusetts 2 0 Syracuse 3 7 Cincinnati 3 1 Miami (OH) 12 1 TCU 5 1 Citadel 1 0 Michigan 37 21 Temple 5 1 Clemson 0 1 Michigan State 31 23 Tennessee 3 1 Cleveland State 0 1 Minnesota 42 15 Tennessee Tech 3 0 Coast Guard 2 0 Mississippi State 1 0 Texas 2 10 Coastal Carolina 1 0 Missouri 5 2 Texas A&M 10 5 Colgate 7 0 Montana State 1 0 Texas-Pan American 1 1 Colorado 5 3 Morehead State 4 0 Texas Tech 4 0 Colorado State 1 0 Murray State 3 0 Toledo 3 1 Columbia 1 0 Navy 6 0 Tulane 2 1 Connecticut 1 2 Nebraska 4 2 Tulsa 0 1 Cornell 4 1 Nevada 1 0 UCLA 4 3 Creighton 1 0 Nevada-Las Vegas 1 1 UNC-Asheville 1 0 Dartmouth 4 0 New Mexico 2 0 UNC-Chapel Hill 3 3 Davidson 2 0 New Mexico State 2 0 UNC-Wilmington 2 0 Delaware 1 0 Niagara 1 1 Utah 2 2 DePaul 2 1 Nicholls State 1 0 Utah State 2 0 Drake 1 0 North Carolina State 0 1 UTEP 11 2 Duke 2 2 Northeast Louisiana 1 0 Valparaiso 1 0 East Carolina 2 0 Northeastern 1 0 Vanderbilt 3 2 East Tennessee State 1 0 Northern Arizona 1 0 VCU 1 0 Eastern Illinois 1 0 Northern Colorado 1 0 Villanova 1 3 Eastern Kentucky 3 0 Northern Illinois 0 1 Virginia 0 1 Eastern Michigan 1 0 Northwestern 50 3 Virginia Tech 3 0 Evansville 5 0 Notre Dame 21 7 VMI 1 0 Fairfield 1 0 NYU 5 1 Wake Forest 0 1 Fairleigh Dickinson 2 1 Ohio 4 2 Washington 2 0 Florida 3 0 Ohio Northern 1 0 Washington State 2 0 Florida State 4 1 Ohio State 40 19 Weber State 1 0 Fordham 5 2 Oklahoma 6 8 West Virginia 0 2 Furman 2 0 Oklahoma State 5 8 Western Kentucky 2 0 George Mason 1 0 Old Dominion 1 0 Western Michigan 3 0 George Washington 3 0 Oral Roberts 1 0 Wichita State 1 0 Georgetown 2 1 Oregon 2 0 William & Mary 1 0 Georgia 2 0 Oregon State 1 1 Wisconsin 48 6 Georgia Southern 1 0 Penn State 19 3 Wisconsin-Green Bay 1 0 Georgia State 1 0 Pennsylvania 1 0 Worcester Tech 1 0 Georgia Tech 1 2 Pepperdine 0 2 Wright State 1 0 Gonzaga 1 0 Pittsburgh 1 0 Wyoming 4 1 Grambling 1 0 Princeton 2 5 Xavier 2 0 Harvard 1 0 Providence 1 0 Yale 1 0 Hawai’i 1 1 Purdue 32 28 Totals 869 350 Holy Cross 2 0 Rice 1 0 TEXAS TEXAS TECH TECH UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY RED RED RAIDER RAIDERS BASKETBALL BASKETBALL 59 2006-20072006-2007 TEXASTEXAS TECHTECH UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY RED RAIDER BASKETBALL STAFF

PAT KNIGHT Head Coach Designate

Pat Knight begins his sixth season on the year letterwinner, Pat graduated in 1995 with court. Prior to the 2005-2006 season, Pat was a degree in sports management. He played a named head coach designate. He is certainly career-high 424 minutes as a senior in 1995 no stranger to the hardwoods of the basketball and scored a career-high 45 points in 31 games. court. As the head coach designate, his respon- As a senior, Pat had a career best 60 assists and sibilities include on-and-off campus recruiting, registered 137 in his career. His team also won practice and game preparation. Big Ten titles in 1991 and 1993. After his four year Division One collegiate play- When Indiana University played Texas Tech ing career at Indiana, Pat joined the staff of the in the inaugural United Spirit Arena game on NBA’s where he served as an admin- November 19, istrative assistant and scout. In 1997, he was an 1999, Coach assistant coach to the CBA’s . Pat Knight praised the state of the art facility for players and fans and then reflected upon what it might be like to someday coach of the University of Akron, Coach Pat Knight’s at Texas Tech reflection became reality. University and Coach Pat Knight and the former Amanda call the United Shaw were married on May 10, 2002. Spirit Arena In 1998, Coach Knight was named to his home. first head coaching position as the leader of the After serv- Wisconsin Blast of the International Basketball ing as an assis- Association. After a 3-5 start, Pat led his team to tant at Indiana a 16-10 record over the last 26 games for a 19- for two years 15 record, the fourth best mark in the league. and one as an Coach Knight earned his playing experience assistant coach at Indiana University from 1991-1995. A four- with the Zips

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CHRIS BEARD Assistant Coach

Chris Beard is in his sixth season as an as- nine to NCAA Division I schools. sistant coach at Texas Tech University, after a During the 1997-1999 seasons, Beard was an wealth of coaching and recruiting experience assistant coach at the University of North Texas from the NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, under head coach Vic Trilli. UNT’s 1998 and 1999 NAIA, and Junior College levels. His duties for recruiting classes both received national attention. Coach Bob Knight include recruiting and on- Beard was an assistant coach at Abilene Chris- the-floor coaching. tian University in 1996-97 under head coach In Beard’s five years under Coach Knight, the Shanon Hays. As recruiting coordinator, he Red Raiders have won 105 games, the best five- helped sign a recruiting class that was nationally year stretch in school history. Texas Tech won 20 ranked among NCAA Division II schools. or more games in four consecutive seasons. The ACU finished the season with a 15-12 record Red Raiders also advanced to post-season play and advanced to the Lone Star Conference post- four times, including three NCAA Tournaments season tournament. and one NIT final four. Texas Tech finished 22- In 1995-96, Beard was a graduate assistant 11 in the 2004-2005 season and advanced to the coach at the University of the Incarnate Word “Sweet 16”. in San Antonio, Texas, under head coach Danny Before joining Coach Knight’s staff at Texas Kaspar. He helped lead UIW to a 20-9 season Tech, Beard was the head basketball coach at and Heart of Texas Conference Championship. Seminole State College in Oklahoma during the Beard is a 1995 graduate of the University of 2000-2001 season. His SSC team posted a 25-6 Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science de- record and was nationally ranked in the NJCAA gree in Kinesiology. During his stay in Austin, poll throughout the year, finishing the season he worked as a student assistant for head coach ranked #14 in the country. Tom Penders. Beard completed his master’s de- In the 1999-2000 season, Beard was the head gree in education from Abilene Christian Uni- basketball coach at Fort Scott Community Col- versity in 1998. lege, leading the Greyhounds to their best season Born in Marietta, Georgia, and raised in Ir- in over a decade with a 19-12 record and region- ving, Texas, Beard graduated from McCullough al tournament bid in the Kansas Jayhawk Con- High School in The Woodlands, Texas, where he ference. In two seasons as a head coach, Beard played for Coach Terry Priest. Chris and his wife, accumulated a 44-18 record and advanced to Leslie, live in Lubbock with their two daughters, two post-season regional tournaments. Equally Avery (6 years) and Ella (4 years). impressive, eighteen of Beard’s players received four-year university scholarship offers, including

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STEW ROBINSON Assistant Coach

Stew Robinson, a former standout guard at Amani (3), Amire (2). The couple also have an Indiana, begins his fourth season as a Red Raider older daughter, Sara (19). assistant coach. As a player and as an assistant with Coach Knight, Stew has been involved in 146 of Bob Knight’s 869 career wins. A steady influence on the court, Robinson played from 1982-1986 for Coach Bob Knight. At IU, he was a three-year starter and a two-time season assist leader. Robinson’s career highlights include playing on the 1982-1983 team, which won the Big Ten Championship, playing in three NCAA Tournaments, and advancing to the NCAA “Sweet 16” twice. He completed his degree requirements in 1993. Stew scored 630 career points and dished out 391 career assists. After serving as an assistant at Plattsburgh State for one season, Stew accepted a position on the staff of the Morehead State Eagles. At 20-9 that season, the Eagles were co-champs of the Ohio Valley Conference and registered their second 20-win mark in their history. “I’m very excited to get the opportunity to reunite with Coach Knight, to be part of the Texas Tech staff, and to live in the Lubbock community. I played for Coach during the 1982-1986 seasons and have great admiration for him as a person and as a coach,” commented Stew Robinson upon arriving in Lubbock. A native of Anderson, Indiana, Stew was an all-state basketball player at Madison Heights High School. He is married to the former Tracy Baxter of Bloomington. They reside in Lubbock with their four children; Isaia (8), Mekhi (4),

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LES FERTIG Men’s Basketball Operations Director/Assistant Athletic Director

Les Fertig, with a highly successful col- onships, reached the second round of the NCAA legiate and business background, begins his in 1990, swept into the Sweet Sixteen in 1991, sixth season with the Red Raiders. A native of and achieved Elite Eight status in 1992. Leaving Oklahoma, Les was born in Tulsa and grew the collegiate ranks for private industry, Les was up in Norman. He attended the University of the director of operations for a chain of restau- Oklahoma, graduating in 1970 with a Bachelor rants in Columbus, Ohio, until he returned to of Science in HPER. Following graduation, the education field in 1998 where he headed up he served our country two years as an infantry the learning technology division for CTN, an officer in the Army. educational consulting firm in Columbus. Following his tour of duty in the Army, Les and his wife, Bobbie, have two children. Fertig began his teaching and coaching career Their son Greg and his wife Jennifer live in in Parlin, New Jersey. There he coached and Sharon, PA. Daughter Carrie, a 2005 graduate taught at both the middle and high school for of Texas Tech, is now in her final year of gradu- two years. ate studies at the University of Pittsburgh’s In addition to basketball duties and oversee- School of Speech Pathology. ing the basketball program, Les focuses on Red Raider scheduling and team workouts with Coach Bob Knight. In 1975, Les Fertig returned to the Univer- sity of Oklahoma to earn his master’s degree in adult education. Beginning in 1975 and continuing through 1980, he served as both a graduate assistant and a full time assistant coach on Coach ’ staff, with the Sooners winning their first Big Eight Championship in 1979. Les left his alma mater after the 1980 campaign to become an assistant basketball coach at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. The 1989 season found him in Big Ten territory as an assistant coach at in Columbus. During his tenure at OSU, the Buckeyes won two Big Ten Champi-

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BROOKS “Bubba” JENNINGS Video Operations Manager

Certainly no stranger to Lubbock or Texas was inducted into the Panhandle Sports Hall of Tech University, Brooks “Bubba” Jennings Fame in 1980. begins his sixth year on the Red Raider basket- The year 1985 was a banner season for ball staff as video operations manager. Countless Texas Tech University basketball and for Bubba. Red Raider fans recall Bubba’s multi-award The Red Raiders were SWC Champions and winning years when he laced up his basketball Bubba was selected SWC Basketball “Player shoes during his highly successful playing days of the Year,” SWC “Athlete of the Year,” and for Coach . Texas Tech Basketball MVP. To top off this sea- After graduating with his degree in physical son of celebration, Bubba received the Francis education in 1985, Bubba joined Coach Myers’ Pomeroy Naismith Award as the nation’s most staff as a graduate assistant before moving to outstanding collegiate basketball player under New Mexico to begin his own high school six feet tall. After being drafted by the Dallas coaching career. During his nine years at Artesia Mavericks, Bubba went on to play professional High School in Artesia, New Mexico, his teams basketball in Europe for the London Docklands garnered two state titles in basketball as well as a Crystal Palace. state championship in golf. Bubba’s wife, Jackie, grew up in Arlington Returning to Lubbock just over eight years and is also a Texas Tech graduate. She recent- ago, Bubba continued to generate success as his ly established her own business, “The Mud Coronado High School basketball teams were Room.” Bubba and Jackie have three children, District and Bi-District Champions. He was Cooper (17), Kadie (15), and Brooks III (9). also recognized for his coaching efforts as City Coach of the Year and District 3-5A Coach of the Year. Originally from Clovis, New Mexico, Bubba not only played on a New Mexico State Championship team (AAAA), but he was also selected to the Class AAAA All-State Team in 1979 and was named New Mexico Basketball “Player of the Year” in 1980. Selected as an “All-American” and “Academic All-American” by the NHSCAA in 1980, Bubba set New Mexico state records for the most points in a game (75) and the most points in a season. He

64 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY RED RAIDER BASKETBALL REDRED RAIDERRAIDER BASKETBALLBASKETBALL RED RAIDER BASKETBALL STAFF BASKETBALL SUPPORT STAFF Michelle Brigham Dr. James Burke Academic Counselor Team Physician Michelle Brigham is in her sixth year Dr. James Burke has served the Lubbock as a counselor with Texas Tech’s Athletic community with his private practice since Academic Services office. Her primary 1988. During the Fall of 2001, he left his responsibility is supporting the academic private practice and joined the Covenant achievement and degree progress of stu- Medical Group. dent athletes in the Men’s Basketball and This season marks his nineteenth year Men’s Track programs. Michelle advises students on major and career opportuni- as orthopedic surgeon for the Red Raider ties, oversees their academic progress for basketball team. Dr. Burke, born in St. initial and continuing eligibility, and works closely with university faculty and Helens, Merseyside, England, attended Sheffield University Medical School departmental offices. where he completed his medical degree in 1969. He then attended The Royal Before moving to Lubbock, Michelle directed the Undergraduate Student College of Surgeons, receiving his surgical degree in 1974. In 1979 the same Services Office for the University of Colorado-Boulder, College of Business. institution awarded him his higher surgical training certificate in orthopae- This office provided academic counseling for over 2,500 undergraduate dics. Dr. Burke, a diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, students in the college with 3 full time advisors and up to 5 peer advisors. is also an examiner for the board. During her time at Colorado, Michelle also enjoyed serving on numerous col- lege and university committees including: confirmed registration, orientation, Dr. Burke serves as the medical director for Quality Management at degree audit, course forgiveness and selection committees. Covenant Health System in Lubbock. In 1998, as the team physician, Dr. As the Director of Orientation for the College of Business, Michelle was Burke accompanied the Big XII All-Star Team to Europe. responsible for planning and implementation of the college’s new student orienta- Dr. Burke and his wife, Diane, have two children, Joanna and Jeremy. tion programs providing important information to over 900 new students and their parents each summer. In addition, Michelle made presentations to prospec- tive students and parents and coordinated the Intra-University transfer programs for incoming business students. During her time as graduation certification coun- Mary Ann Davis selor, she also managed the graduation ceremonies each May and December. Senior Administrative Assistant After graduating from Oklahoma City University with a major in Mary Ann Davis begins her sixth year Accounting, Michelle worked with the OCU Graduate Admissions office. in the Texas Tech University Athletic As a Counselor and later the Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions, her Department as the senior administrative efforts helped to increase the graduate student enrollment by over 100% in assistant for men’s basketball. four years. This included recruiting visits to over 50 schools in Oklahoma, A native of Bloomington, Indiana, Texas, Kansas, Arkansas and Massachusetts. She completed her Master of Mary Ann accepted a position at the uni- Liberal Arts at OCU in 1994. versity in 1972. She served four years with Her husband Keith is a faculty member of the College of Business. the Alumni Association before joining Coach Knight and the men’s basketball program. Working with Coach Knight for the past 29 years, Mary Ann con- Ted H. Chidester tinues to coordinate Coach Knight’s university functions, speaking engage- Academic Advisor ments, correspondence, and travel arrangements. Ted Chidester begins his first full-time Mary Ann is the mother of two sons. Ryan (26) serves in the United season with the Red Raiders as their aca- States Air Force and is stationed at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona, demic advisor, and he will provide play-by- where he and his wife Lyn reside with their daughter Hayden (5 months). play analysis on all radio broadcasts. His Her youngest son, Kevin (25), a graduate of Indiana University, is employed primary responsibility as academic advisor as an auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Indianapolis, is to serve as the liaison between Men’s Basketball and Academic Services. Born and raised in Panguitch, Utah, Ted holds an Associate Degree from College of Southern Utah, a Bachelor of Science Degree from Utah State University, a Master’s Degree from Indiana University, and an Administrative Degree from Nova University. Ted has coached at the high school and collegiate level for over thirty years. Two of his high school teams in Utah (North Summit HS in Coalville and Panguitch HS) were state champions and another team finished as the state runner-up. He was the head coach at Northern Montana College for two years and at BYU-Hawaii for eight years where the Seasiders went to the NAIA National Tournament for the first time in school history. He worked with Coach Bob Knight at Indiana University as a graduate assistant and part-time assistant coach for two years. Ted and his wife Shirley have been married for fifty-one years and have six children: Bret, Julie, Jill, Bart, Maria, and James. TEXAS TEXAS TECH TECH UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY RED RED RAIDER RAIDERS BASKETBALL BASKETBALL 65 2006-20072006-2007 TEXASTEXAS TECHTECH UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY BASKETBALL SUPPORT STAFF Randy Farley Cliff Felkins Sports Information Director Strength and Conditioning Coach Randy Farley begins his sixth year at Cliff Felkins enters his eighth year at Texas Tech University after thirteen years Texas Tech and his third year as strength in Asia and with a varied background in and conditioning coach for the Men’s business, writing, international education, Basketball team. In his first five years at Tech as the and coaching. throws and strength coach for Men’s and Born in West Virginia and raised in Women’s Track and Field, Felkins played Ohio, Randy holds a master’s degree in an important role in turning around the curriculum and instruction from Cleveland program. A number of accomplishments State University and two bachelor’s degrees, hallmark Coach Felkins’s five seasons as one in history from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, and a sec- the strength coach, including the setting of over 150 school records, the nam- ond in health, physical education, and recreation, also from Cleveland State ing of 25 All-American athletes, and producing an Olympic athlete. Head University. Track Coach Wes Kittley said, “Coach Felkins is the best at training athletes and helping coaches understand the process.” His teaching, athletic director, and coaching background includes positions A 1983 graduate of Odessa High School, Felkins was a two-time All- with the Cleveland Board of Education (Ohio), Seoul International School America athlete at Odessa College and was runner-up in both the hammer (Korea), and Jakarta International School (Indonesia). While living overseas, and the discus. Felkins then transferred to the University of Texas-El Paso Randy and his wife, Cindy, organized and led student groups to various where he was the Western Athletic Conference champion in the weight countries throughout the world, including Italy, Jordan, Syria, India, China, throw. Later that year he also earned All- America honors. United Arab Emirates, and Kenya. Randy also served for ten years in various The fall of 1986 led Felkins to ACU where he quickly became the most sales and management capacities in private industry in Ohio before the family dominant weight man in Division II history by winning five national titles in a two-year period. In 1987, Felkins became the first and only Division II field moved overseas. event athlete to win a Division I national title, forcing the Division I coaches to A CoSIDA member (College Sports Information Directors of America), change the rules which then banned all Division II athletes from competing in Randy is married to Cindy Farley, a writer and Grade 8 English teacher at the Division I Championships. Felkins competed in Olympic Festivals, Olympic Hutchinson Middle School. Together, they have updated the 24-volume Trials, and U.S. National Championships before retiring in 1996. In 1998, Cliff Chip Hilton Sports Series, originally authored by Cindy’s father, Coach Felkins was inducted into the NCAA Hall of Fame for his accomplishments Clair Bee. during his collegiate career. Their son Michael, a financial advisor for A.G. Edwards, and daughter-in- As the strength coach for the Men’s Basketball team, Coach Felkins plans law, Suzy, a Clinical Psychologist, live in Virginia Beach, Virginia. They are to use all his years as an elite athlete and his years of coaching elite athletes to create a training program that will produce the best possible results for the proud parents of Emma Katherine, born September 1, 2006. the Red Raiders.

Leslie Hartline Jason Imes Administrative Assistant Video Operations Men’s Basketball Leslie Hartline begins her ninth year as Jason Imes begins the 2006-2007 sea- administrative assistant for the Texas Tech son as a full-time staff member for the University men’s basketball program. Red Raiders. Although this is his first year A native of Plainview, Texas, Leslie works on the basketball staff, he is no stranger with all members of the basketball coach- to Texas Tech University or Coach Bob ing staff in helping to organize recruiting Knight. In fact, this is Jason’s ninth season travel and recruiting visits. Additionally, working with Coach Bob Knight. Initially, Leslie oversees the day-to-day functions of he spent three years (1998-2000) working the basketball office. as a student manager at Indiana University Leslie graduated from Wayland Baptist University in 1988 with a bachelor’s where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education. Upon graduation, Jason earned a teaching certificate degree in marketing. Prior to joining Texas Tech in 1997, Leslie worked with a from the state of Indiana where he is eligible to teach History, Government, private business in Lubbock for nine years as a placement coordinator, finan- and Sociology at the Secondary level. cial aid officer, and admissions representative. Soon after Coach Knight was hired at Texas Tech University, Jason started Leslie and her husband, Jimmy, make their home in Lubbock. The couple working as a Graduate Assistant for the Red Raiders while pursuing an have a seven-year old daughter, Megan. additional degree at Texas Tech. He completed his Master of Science in Sport Management in August 2003 with academic honors. Last year, Jason bal- anced a full-time teaching position at Harwell Elementary School in Lubbock while continuing to work closely with the Men’s Basketball team. In Jason’s new role with the basketball team, his responsibilities include assisting the Video Operations Manager with all video operations for the team. Additionally, he oversees all student-managers for Men’s Basketball and coordinates their scheduling and duties on a daily basis. He will assist in breakdown of game and practice tapes. Further, Jason will coordinate the film exchange program with other institutions. He is also responsible for the maintenance and daily operations of video equipment and software. Jason was raised in Portage, Indiana. He is the proud son of Sharon and Robert Imes. He has two brothers, Matt and Scott, and a sister, Shannon. 66 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY RED RAIDER BASKETBALL REDRED RAIDERRAIDER BASKETBALLBASKETBALL BASKETBALL SUPPORT STAFF Jon Murray Dr. Michael Robertson Head Athletic Trainer Team Physician Men’s Basketball Dr. Michael Robertson begins his four- Jon Murray is entering his tenth year as teenth year as team physician for Texas the athletic trainer for Men’s Basketball. Tech and the men’s basketball program. In addition to his duties as head ath- He has practiced internal medicine in letic trainer, he will also be responsible Lubbock since 1982. An alumnus of Texas for team travel, arranging of meals and Tech University, Dr. Robertson received equipment, and overseeing parts of the his B.S. in 1978 and then subsequently budget. Additionally, all of the basketball completed his M.D. from Texas Tech student-managers will fall under his sphere Health Science Center in 1982. of influence. Dr. Robertson is currently in private practice at the Southwest Diagnostic In 2000, Jon completed his Texas Tech master’s degree in sports admin- Clinic and is also a clinical instructor of internal medicine for the Texas Tech istration. A Lubbock resident since 1978, he is a 1992 graduate of Lubbock University Health Science Center. High School. In 1997, he graduated from Texas A&M with a bachelor’s From January 2001 to December 2003, Dr. Robertson was chief of medi- degree in kinesiology. cal staff for Covenant Health System in Lubbock. While an undergrad at College Station, Jon worked with the Aggies He and his wife, Lisa, have two sons, Chris and Cory. football squad as a student-assistant trainer for three years. He also served as the head student trainer for men’s tennis and was the student-assistant for softball. He maintains active memberships in the National Athletic Trainers Association and the Southwest Athletic Trainers Association. Jon worked one season with men’s basketball as a Red Raider graduate assistant before taking over the reigns of the full-time duties in the 1998 season. During that summer, he served as the team trainer and handled many of the logistical duties for the Big 12 Conference All-Star Team on its European tour. Jon and his wife, Karie, have a daughter, Kara, born in April, 2005.

MANAGERS Texas Tech’s student-managers and student-trainers play a vital role in the daily bas- ketball operations. A mixture of undergraduates and graduate students, their positions encompass the entire school year. All student-managers and student-trainers perform countless roles for Coach Bob Knight’s staff and the Red Raiders.

Name Hometown Year Blair Broadhurst Amarillo, TX Fr/ESS

Levi Hughes Greenville, TX Grad/ESS

Kyle Isaacs Brownfield, TX Sr/ESS

Cody Keller Boerne, TX Sr/Mass Comm. Ben Montecillo, Almir Smajic, Bobby Seigle, Levi Hughes, Cody Keller, Craig Skinner, Ben Montecillo Clinton, IN Jr/ESS Blair Broadhurst, and Kyle Isaacs. (not pictured: Jeff Stotts) Bobby Seigle Ft. Bragg, NC Grad/MBA

Craig Skinner Alto, TX Jr/ESS

Almir Smajic Tuzla, Bosnia PhD/Math Educ.

Jeff Stotts Garland, TX Grad/Athletic Training

The student-managers handle many of Texas Tech’s equipment needs, video practices and games, produce numerous statistics for the coaching staff, handle practice duties at the United Spirit Arena, and coordinate a variety of duties on road trips. Jeff Stotts and Craig Skinner, student-trainers, work closely with Athletic Trainer Jon Murray in assisting the basketball players with their health care needs.

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The synergy of outstanding athletic trainers and doctors, state-of-the-art facilities, and inno- vative training equipment makes Texas Tech University one of the nation’s premiere athletic health care operations. A program of preven- tion, precaution, treatment, and rehabilitation provides expert care for our Texas Tech student- athletes. The facilities at Tech are among the finest in the Big 12 Conference. Each facility has its own training room replete with the ultimate in equipment. The excellent facilities allow our athletic training staff to give each student-ath- lete the most comprehensive care possible for the prevention and rehabilitation of injuries. The staff at Texas Tech includes certified and licensed athletic trainers. In addition, the graduate assistant program provides students

Dr. Burke Dr. Robertson Jon Murray Craig Skinner Jeff Stotts Team Physician Team Physician Men’s Basketball Trainer Student-trainer Student-trainer

68 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY RED RAIDER BASKETBALL REDRED RAIDERRAIDER BASKETBALLBASKETBALL STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING Whether the desired out- Cliff Felkins come is an increase in Strength Coach muscle mass, a decrease in percent of body fat, One of the most important elements of or improvement in verti- any successful team is the physical prepara- cal jump and quickness, tion of its student-athletes. Texas Tech’s speed, Coach Felkins and his strength, and conditioning program operates staff develop and imple- out of the state-of-the-art facility located adja- ment a plan to get the cent to the athletic training room and player job done. The strength locker room. Cliff Felkins, Tech’s head strength and conditioning coach, and conditioning staff implements a highly functional and sport specific training program to monitor each individual meet the individual needs of each student-athlete. student-athlete’s prog- On board since May of 2004, Felkins oversees a year-round opera- ress through one-on-one tion that focuses on the student-athlete’s sport specific training goals. supervision and sophis- ticated training technol- ogy. Coach Felkins and his staff develop year-round training programs that maximize strength, power, speed, agility, and muscle mass at the most appropriate times of the year. With the assistance of Jason Young and others, Felkins has one of the best staffs in the Big XII conference. Felkins and his staff consider themselves instructors of training. Teaching proper form and technique on every exercise can prevent inju- ries not only in the weight room but on the court as well. The weight room atmosphere is competitive and fun with an underlying theme of the urgency to improve. The Red Raiders know that the weight room builds the foundation of a successful season. With their impressive training facility and top-notch staff, the Texas Tech Red Raider Basketball team is ensured a competitive edge when striving toward their team and individual goals.

Jason Young Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach

Jason Young is entering his third year as a Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Red Raiders. Jason is a 2004 Texas Tech graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences and a minor in Health. He competed for the Texas Tech Track and Field Team as one of the top NCAA discus throwers and the school’s best ever in the event. Young finished as the runner-up in the 2004 NCAA Track and Field Championships and earned All-America honors twice during his career. He has also competed in the U. S. National Championships three times and made one trip to the U. S. Olympic Trials. Jason looks to use his experience as a national and NCAA accomplished athlete to help play- ers understand the importance of power and speed. His goal is to train players towards a maximum level of athleticism that is mandatory when competing in the Big 12 and in the NCAA.

TEXAS TEXAS TECH TECH UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY RED RED RAIDER RAIDERS BASKETBALL BASKETBALL 69 2006-20072006-2007 TEXASTEXAS TECHTECH UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY SPECIAL PROJECTS-MEN’S BASKETBALL As a freshman at Stanford, Tim served as the head student basketball manager for Dr. Tom Davis and then continued his keen sports management interest during his college years as the student assistant to Athletic Director Andy Geiger. College summers found Tim gaining career development skills as the student manager of the 1984 United States Olympic Basketball Team, student basketball manager for the National Sports Festivals, and student Tim Knight manager for the collegiate basketball team on their 35-day world tour. He even Assistant AD/Special Projects- spent a summer in training camp as a student assistant to New York Giants Men’s Basketball Coach Bill Parcells. After graduating from Stanford University with a B. A. in Economics Tim Knight’s passion for sports marketing and promotions began as an (1986), Tim created his own sports marketing and promotions company. eager eleven year old selling refreshments and apparel during a summer His focus centered on high school All-Star games, conducting in-season basketball camp. At the age of twelve he took over that same concession, high school events, summer Amateur Athletic Union exhibition basketball negotiated a pizza contract, and found his niche in the sports arena. He games and tournaments, weeklong basketball camps and specialty camps. is now continuing his successful sports marketing leadership at Texas Tech Additionally, for the past eighteenth years, he has coordinated the highly University with responsibilities as assistant athletic director under the renowned Bob Knight Basketball School as well as the annual Bob Knight umbrella of Special Projects for Men’s Basketball. Coaches Clinic. Tim’s current responsibilities include overseeing the Texas Tech Men’s Basketball Tim and his wife Darcie have been married for thirteen years and have two Television Network and the Bob Knight pre-game and weekly shows. He also sons, Braden Joseph (11/15/98) and William Walker (03/27/06). oversees the marketing, merchandising, and promotions for Men’s Basketball including the annual game in Dallas. In Tim’s first year at Texas Tech, he not only started the Texas Tech Television Network for Men’s Basketball but he founded the TTU Women’s Basketball Television Network as well. In that first year, he was also successful in creating the opportunities for the Mike Leach, Marsha Sharp, and Larry Hays Shows, which were distributed outside Lubbock for the first time.

Greg Landfried Dennis Smith Christopher Winter Marking and Sales Coordinator Marking and Sales Coordinator Special Projects-Student Assistant Greg graduated from Texas Tech in 2004 Dennis is a 2006 graduate of Texas Tech Christopher is in his first season with Men’s with a Bachelor of Arts in Exercise & Sport University with an M.S. degree in Sport Basketball – Special Project. He is pursuing his Sciences. He is in his first season as a full-time Management. He begins his first year as a full- Bachelor of Arts in General Studies from Texas time employee at Texas Tech University in the employee with Red Raider Basketball-Special Men’s Basketball-Special Projects Department. Tech University. Christopher comes to Special Projects. Greg served as a graduate assistant for Dennis served as a full-time graduate assistant for Projects from the United Spirit Arena offices special projects while earning a Masters degree the past two years in the Men’s Basketball-Special where he was Student-manager for the past five Projects department while earning his degree here in Sport Management at Texas Tech in 2006. at Texas Tech. He is also a graduate of California years. He is the son of Ryan and Elaine Winter. Greg is the son of Kenny and Carol Landfried State University, Chico where he earned his He has a sister (Brittany) who graduated from of Roscoe, Texas. undergraduate degree in Elementary Education Texas Tech University in May 2006 with degrees and California State University, Fullerton where in General Business and Marketing. Christopher he earned his first graduate degree in Elementary Education. Prior to moving to Texas and attend- is from Katy, Texas. ing Texas Tech, Dennis was a Director of Physical Education for Los Angeles Unified School District and a Third Grade Classroom Teacher. Dennis is from Newport Beach, California. 70 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY RED RAIDER BASKETBALL REDRED RAIDERRAIDER BASKETBALLBASKETBALL MEN’S BASKETBALL SPECIAL PROJECTS AND MARKETING OFFICE CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY In June of 2001, Texas Tech University Athletics covered by the revenues derived from the game day Print advertising sales were over $120,000 and Director Gerald Myers hired Tim Knight as an sales of the programs. Net revenues for game pro- game sponsorships were over $500,000 which Assistant Athletic Director in charge of the newly grams increased ninety-three fold in one year. includes all of the advertising O’Reilly Auto formed Special Projects Department. Until 2002-2003, Texas Tech had never sold Parts devoted to the game in Dallas. All of the Prior to Gerald Myers establishing the Special advertising in its media guides. The Special Projects “Scholarship Row” seats were sold for the 2004- Projects Department, Texas Tech had never had a Office accounted for over $35,000 in advertising 2005 season, resulting in revenues in excess of television network of its own to televise games and sales for the media guides. This meant that seventy $250,000 for scholarships. Television revenue coaches’ shows. The traditional coaches’ shows had percent of the 20,000 media guides were paid for by once again was increased significantly on the Texas never aired on stations outside of Lubbock. Within the advertising sales, an accomplishment unheard of Tech Men’s Basketball Television Network thanks the first two months, the Texas Tech Television in college athletics, as media guides are usually all to increased sponsorships by O’Reilly Auto Parts, Network with stations in Lubbock, Abilene, cost with very little revenue. Federated Insurance, and State Farm Insurance. The Amarillo, Midland/Odessa and Wichita Falls was Once again, the Special Projects Office was O’Reilly Auto Parts Red Raider Christmas Classic established. Through the Texas stations’ signals, responsible for all ticket marketing during the in Dallas was financially successful and was nation- the network was also seen in most of eastern New season as well as half-time sponsorships at all of ally televised on ESPN. The addition of the weekly Mexico and southern Oklahoma. In that first year, the men’s basketball home games. They brought in O’Reilly Auto Parts – Bob Knight Radio Show not the Texas Tech Network televised twenty TTU $70,000 for two game sponsorships and arranged only generated significant revenues, it also gener- Men’s and Women’s Basketball games on the net- for 30,000 t-shirts to be given away at four men’s ated a great deal of exposure for Texas Tech and Red work. The men’s games aired in all of the network games and three women’s games. Raider basketball in Dallas and other markets. cities and the women’s games aired in Lubbock. There were three season-long shooting promo- The 2005-2006 season was another good year as The coaches’ shows, previously unavailable outside tions at half-time, which raised over $25,000 revenues for the Men’s Basketball Special Projects of Lubbock, were now seen in most of West Texas. for scholarships. They continued to help sell the Office remained over $2,000,000 with the addition The Bob Knight Show aired in all of the network “Scholarship Row” seats that raised $144,000 last of the Houston television market (KTBU-TV) for cities and the Larry Hays, Mike Leach and Marsha year. They put together a nationally televised game the Texas Tech Television Network featuring twelve Sharp shows aired in all of the cities but Wichita on ESPN versus the that men’s basketball game telecasts and the weekly Falls. The Texas Tech Network generated several was worth over $100,000 for the TTU Athletic O’Reilly Auto Parts Bob Knight Show. Print adver- hundred thousand dollars in rights fees and spon- Department. tising sales and game sponsorships were constant, all sorship revenues. The Special Projects Office was in charge of the Scholarship Row seats were sold and the Arkansas In that first year, the Special Projects Office marketing and organization of the three NIT games game in Dallas was the most successful game finan- became the main marketer of tickets for men’s bas- hosted by Texas Tech. In fact, they did such a great cially in Texas Tech history. ketball, working directly with the ticket office, the job that the NIT did not send in a representative In all, by the end of this past year, the Special students, and the general public. Special Projects’ for the third game; they named the Special Projects Projects Office for Men’s Basketball, since it was other duties that first year included helping sell the Office as their official site representative as well established by Gerald Myers in June of 2001, has special “Scholarship Row” seats at courtside for the as TTU’s organizer of the tournament. They then brought in over $9,000,000 for the Texas Tech men’s basketball games, helping bring in donations oversaw TTU’s trip to the NIT Finals in New York, Athletic Department. for the endowment of the men’s basketball scholar- organizing the team charter for the trip. After the The upcoming 2006-2007 season should be ships and the sale and distribution of thirty-five season was over, they organized an event in Dallas another good year financially as print advertising thousand media guides (United Supermarkets sold with Bob Knight and Bill Parcells that generated sales remain constant and all Scholarship Row the majority of the media guides). close to $50,000 towards the men’s basketball schol- seats are sold out. Tim Knight has opened Corpus The impact of the Special Projects Office that arship endowments. They were also instrumental Christi as a new television market and (at the time first year was well over one million dollars. in raising several hundred thousand dollars more of publication) is working on securing an agree- 2002-2003 was the second year of the Special towards the basketball scholarship endowments. ment in San Antonio. There will not be a game in Projects Office and once again they were in charge The impact of the Special Projects Office in Dallas this year, but new game sponsorship oppor- of the Texas Tech Network. The Dallas/Forth Worth 2002-2003 reached over $1,500,000. tunities have been put together involving the four market embraced both the Bob Knight Coach’s In the summer of 2003, the Special Projects Christmas Break/New Year’s Holiday home games shows and the men’s basketball game telecasts, mak- Office became the Special Projects Office for Men’s that TTU will be hosting between December 23, ing the Texas Tech Television Network one of the Basketball. 2006 and January 6, 2007. Tim has secured three largest in the country. The TTU Men’s Basketball Even though the office had been changed to of those games for national television on ESPN 2, games and the Bob Knight Show reach close to Men’s Basketball Special Projects only, the office which equates to a payment from the ESPN proper- eight million people on the network. Only eleven increased its derived revenues in 2003-2004 to ties that will surpass the revenues derived from the states have populations over 8,000,000, which around $2,000,000 for the year. past Dallas games. Revenues once again should be means that the Texas Tech Television Network is Program and Media Guide advertising sales over $2,000,000. available to more people than there are residents approached $100,000 and game sponsorships In all, by the end of last year, the Special Projects in each of thirty-nine of the fifty states. With the were over $100,000. The office organized The Office for Men’s Basketball, since it was established addition of the Dallas/Fort Worth market came an O’Reilly Auto Parts Christmas Classic in Dallas by Gerald Myers in June of 2001, will have brought increase in television revenue for Texas Tech which between TTU and Iowa. That event generated in over $9,000,000 for the Texas Tech Athletic allowed the TTU network to televise away games over $300,000 in revenue. The office arranged Department. for both the men and the women along with several for two nationally televised games on ESPN that Since the Special Projects Office’s development, of the home games. were worth over $200,000 to the TTU Athletic Tim Knight had been the only full-time employee In an increased marketing role for men’s basket- Department. The “Scholarship Row” seats were until Greta Todd was hired in 2004. Greta has ball, the Special Projects Office took on the adver- increased from forty-eight to eighty-four, result- moved onto a new career, but Greg Landfried tising sales for the TTU Men’s Basketball home ing in revenues of over $250,000 for scholarships. and Dennis Smith have replaced her as full-time game programs and media guide. Sponsorships for the Texas Tech Men’s Basketball employees. Tim has been blessed with several In 2001-2002, Texas Tech had an outside agree- Television Network increased by a couple hundred great student assistants over the years: 2001-2002 ment in place with a company to produce and sell thousand dollars, with advertising being sold out in – Marcus DeVere, Tom Geyer, Charles Harral, the advertising for the home game programs for the Lubbock and West Texas Markets. The office Jason Imes, Ricky Mourning, and Greta Todd; men’s basketball. At the end of that year, the men’s was responsible for all promotion and marketing for 2002-2003 – Marcus DeVere, Brian Mourning, basketball program made a little over seven hundred the two Pre-Season NIT games played in Lubbock Chad Thomsen, and Greta Todd; 2003-2004 dollars from the home game program advertising as well as all promotion and marketing for all of the – Michael Black, Marcus DeVere, Matt Hinz, Brian and game day sales. In 2002-2003, the Special other home games. McClelland, Chad Thomsen, Chris Cassidy, and Projects Office took over advertising sales and pro- The Men’s Basketball Special Projects Office had Greta Todd; 2004-2005 – Dennis Smith and Greg duction and game day sales for the game programs. its most successful year to date with revenues and Landfried; 2005-2006– Dennis Smith and Greg In all, over $65,000 in advertising was sold for advertising trades which were well over $2,000,000 Landfried. the game programs and the production costs were for the 2004-2005 season. TEXAS TEXAS TECH TECH UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY RED RED RAIDER RAIDERS BASKETBALL BASKETBALL 71 TITLE: Exploding Bottle Update BL: 1/4" TR: 8.5" x 11" LV: 7" x 10" LS: 100 CODE#: PA-05-M-2528 FILE NAME: fz104205b02.qx

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