Question: What three men’s college basketball coaches also won national championships as players?
Answer: Bob Knight won a national championship for Ohio State as a player then coached Indiana University to win three; Dean Smith won one for the University of Kansas as a player then coached the University of North Carolina to win two; and Joe B. Hall won one while playing for the University of Kentucky then coached Kentucky to win one. Duke head coach Jon Scheyer has a chance to become the fourth coach in the history of college basketball to win a national championship as a player and coach, as he won one with the Blue Devils as a player in 2010.
Bonus info: Jon Scheyer, the current head coach of the Duke men’s basketball team, is considered one of the winningest players of all time, having been the only Duke men’s basketball player to record at least 2,000 points, 500 rebounds, 400 assists, 250 three-point field goals, and 200 steals.
