Knight Retires at Texas Tech: Texas Tech coach Bob Knight has announced he is retiring, effective immediately, and his son Pat, a Red Raider assistant, will take over as head coach. Knight said he retired at this point in the season to give Pat Knight an opportunity to coach the final regular-season games and be better prepared for next season. Knight has 902 wins in a 42-year career that includes time at Army, Indiana and Texas Tech. The sometimes controversial coach has been the Red Raiders’ coach since 2001. Last season, he surpassed North Carolina coach Dean Smith as the all-time leader for wins in men’s basketball Division I basketball. [2/04/08]
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Monday, November 25, 2024
The Seven C’s of Leadership
Former college basketball coach Mike Jarvis is back with a new book, The Seven C's of Leadership.
"Every one of us has leadership within us and this book offers fascinating principals that work in any setting—from the locker room to the executive board room. In The Seven C's of Leadership, Coach Jarvis lays out the essential ingredients of leadership."
-Jay Wright, NCAA Championship Men’s Basketball Coach, Villanova University
"At a time in America when we are witnessing an epidemic of opioid addictions and deaths, along with suicides, we need Coach Jarvis' Seven C's of Leadership – grounded in the power of Christ alone where we should all make our stand.”
-Lietenant Colonel Allen B. West (U.S. Army, Retired), Bronze Star recipient, and Member 112th U.S. Congress
"The Seven C's of Leadership is a slam dunk! Coach Jarvis has always been an outstanding leader because he has the ability to decipher what true leadership really means.”
-Dale Brown, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, LSU, 1972-1997, Member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame, and Shaquille O’Neal’s college coach