Legendary college basketball coach Bob Knight has been hospitalized in Indiana since Friday with an acute illness.
News of Knight’s condition was relayed in a message sent to former Indiana University basketball players, according to the Indianapolis Star.
In the message, his family said they hope to “have him back home soon.”
“Please join us in sending prayers to coach Knight and his family. Coach Knight was admitted to the hospital Friday evening and is currently recovering from an acute illness. The family’s hope is to have him back home soon,” the full message read.
No other information about Knight’s condition was made available, but he has reportedly battled several illnesses in recent years.
Knight, 82, coached at men’s basketball at Indiana for 29 years and won three national championships before he was fired in 2000. He also coached the Army team at West Point and at Texas Tech. Knight led the U.S. men’s basketball team to a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He was also a member of the 1960 NCAA champion Ohio State Buckeyes. He was the winningest college basketball coach of all time when he retired in 2008.
He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991 and had recently moved back to Bloomington, Ind. Current Indiana coach Mike Woodson, a former player, said Knight was a regular at team practices this season. Dusty May, a former student manager for Knight, coached Florida Atlantic in the Final Four over the weekend.
