Dan Dakich

Daniel John Dakich (born August 17, 1962) is an American basketball sportscaster and radio host. He is a former player, assistant coach, interim head coach for the Indiana University Hoosiers and former head coach at Bowling Green State University.

Dan Dakich
Biographical details
Born (1962-08-17) August 17, 1962
Gary, Indiana
Alma materIndiana University
Playing career
1981–1985Indiana
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1997Indiana (asst.)
1997–2007Bowling Green
2008Indiana (interim HC)
Head coaching record
Overall159–144 (.525)

Playing career

Dakich attended Andrean High School in Merrillville, Indiana. He elected to play basketball for Indiana under coach Bob Knight from 1981 to 1985. He was a team captain during his junior and senior seasons and the Hoosiers finished with an 84–39 (.683) record during his career.[1] As a player, he helped Indiana win one Big Ten title (during the 1982–83 season), earn three NCAA Tournament berths and finish as the NIT runner-up his senior season. As a junior, he was named All-Tournament at the Indiana Classic and as a senior he earned similar accolades at the Hoosier Classic.

Dakich is remembered for his defensive effort against Michael Jordan in Indiana's upset of No. 1 ranked North Carolina in the 1984 East Regional Semifinal of the NCAA Tournament. It was Dakich's sixth start of the year, but Knight assigned him to guard Jordan the afternoon of the game. Knight told him, "Just don't let him dunk on you. That will embarrass you and me both."[2] Dakich commented, "I went back to my room and threw up."[2] Dakich held Jordan to 13 points in Indiana's 72-68 victory, with both players ultimately fouling out in what would be Jordan's final college game.[3]

Coaching career

Assistant coach

Dakich was first a graduate assistant coach at Indiana under Bob Knight from 1985–87 and then an assistant coach at Indiana from 1987 to 1997. He helped the Indiana program win 74% (283–101) of its games over the 12 years he served as an assistant coach. The Hoosiers won a national title in the 1986–87 season and earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament in each of his 12 seasons on the staff. IU also captured four Big Ten titles while finishing third or better in 9 of his 12 years.

Dakich was the academic monitor on the Indiana basketball staff his last seven years and, under his guidance, every four-year player on the program graduated.[4] He also assisted in the development of six All-Americans and three national Player of the Year candidates, including 1993 Player of the Year Calbert Cheaney.

Head coach

From 1997 to 2007 he served as the head coach at Bowling Green State University where he compiled a record of 156–140 (.527). He coached one player who signed a professional contract, including former Indiana Pacers guard Keith McLeod. During Dakich's tenure, BGSU never made it to the NCAA Tournament. Dakich had losing seasons in four of his last five years with BGSU, and resigned as head coach in 2007.[5]

Briefly in 2002, Dakich was named head basketball coach at West Virginia University (WVU) to succeed Gale Catlett. When Dakich learned that people affiliated with the basketball program may have been guilty of NCAA recruiting rules infractions, he attempted to renegotiate a higher salary at WVU and failed, thus returning to Bowling Green as head basketball coach after only a week at WVU.[6] WVU voluntarily reported results of its internal investigation to the NCAA, and the university was not penalized as a result of the infractions. The focus of the investigation, Jonathan Hargett, was banned from WVU athletics for his role in the reported violations.[7]

At the end of the 2008 season he served as the interim head coach at Indiana University, following Kelvin Sampson's resignation due to NCAA recruiting violations.[8] Under Dakich's guidance, the Hoosiers went 0-2 in postseason play, losing in the first rounds of the Big 10 and NCAA tournaments. After the season, IU declined to offer Dakich the job and hired Tom Crean.

Television and radio career

Dakich is the host of "The Dan Dakich Show"[9] on Indianapolis radio station WFNI, ESPN radio affiliate, 1070 The Fan. Dakich served as a college basketball studio analyst for the Big Ten Network for the 2009–2010 college basketball season. Beginning in November 2010, Dakich joined ESPN as a college basketball color commentator and studio analyst, replacing Steve Lavin.

Relationship with Bob Knight

Dakich spent 16 years with Knight, four as a player and twelve as an assistant. Dakich has said the reason he stayed so long, was Knight promised him that he would be Knight's successor at IU.[10] In recent years their relationship has deteriorated. In 2017 Dakich said that he had 'lost all respect' for Knight after Knight failed to attend a ceremony honoring the undefeated 1976 IU basketball team.[11]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Bowling Green (Mid-American Conference) (1997–2007)
1997–98 Bowling Green 10–167–118th
1998–99 Bowling Green 18–1012–64th
1999–00 Bowling Green 22–814–41stNIT First Round
2000–01 Bowling Green 15–1410–87th
2001–02 Bowling Green 24–912–63rdNIT First Round
2002–03 Bowling Green 13–168–109th
2003–04 Bowling Green 14–178–107th
2004–05 Bowling Green 18–1110–88th
2005–06 Bowling Green 9–215–1310th
2006–07 Bowling Green 13–183–1312th
Bowling Green: 156–14089–89
Indiana (Big Ten Conference) (2007–2008)
2007–08 Indiana 3–43–2NCAA 1st Round
Indiana: 3–43–2
Total:159–144

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Personal

Dakich married his first wife Jackie in 1990 and they divorced in 2012. They have two children together, Andrew and Laura.[12] In 2015 Dakich married Leigh (Ross) Dakich.[13]

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gollark: I have a somewhat technical architecture question and as is convention I will now be polling you for answers.
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References
  1. "Dan Dakich". Indiana University Athletics. Archived from the original on April 20, 2012. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
  2. Hammel, Bob (1999). Glory of Old IU. United States: Sports Publishing Inc. ISBN 1-58261-068-1.
  3. https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1984-03-22-indiana.html
  4. "Dan Dakich Named Director of Men's Basketball Operations at Indiana". Indiana University.
  5. "Bowling Green coach Dakich resigns after 10 seasons". espn.com. March 13, 2007.
  6. Smizik, Bob (April 15, 2002). "Smizik: WVU better off without Dakich". Post-gazette.com. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  7. "West Virginia suspends four players in internal probe". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. June 21, 2002. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  8. "Indiana, Sampson reach $750,000 settlement to part ways". espn.com. February 23, 2008. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  9. "The Dan Dakich Show". WFNI. Archived from the original on December 26, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
  10. Dan Patrick Show (2019-04-04), Why Former Indiana Player & Assistant Dan Dakich Can't Stand Bob Knight | The Dan Patrick Show, retrieved 2019-05-06
  11. Gaines, Cork. "Former Indiana player and coach calls Bob Knight a 'miserable human being' and says he has 'lost respect for him'". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  12. "Dan Dakich". Playerswiki. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  13. "Dan Dakich gets married and he's giddy about it". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
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