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Coach Knight: The Will to Win

By: Scott A. Snook, Leslie A. Perlow and Brian DeLacey
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Abstract

Successful college basketball coach Bob Knight was fired from his long-time role as basketball coach at Indiana University and hired in the same role at Texas Tech. Considers these events in the context of his long career and provides a context for discussing various styles of power, influence, and persuasion in his leadership role as coach and educator.

Keywords

Resignation And Termination; Selection And Staffing; Leadership Style; Situation Or Environment; Power And Influence; Sports; Indiana; Texas

Citation

Snook, Scott A., Leslie A. Perlow, and Brian DeLacey. "Coach Knight: The Will to Win." Harvard Business School Case 406-043, August 2005. (Revised December 2005.)
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Scott A. Snook

Organizational Behavior
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Leslie A. Perlow

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