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Myles Brand, who fired Bob Knight as Indiana University basketball coach and went on to become NCAA president, died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer.

He was 67. The first former university president to run college sports' largest governing body, Brand worked to change the perception that wins supersede academics and earned accolades for his efforts.

NCAA president Myles Brand, who while leading Indiana University president fired basketball coach Bob Knight, died Wednesday afternoon from pancreatic cancer.

He was 67. As the first former university president ever to run college sports' largest governing body, Brand worked to change the perception that wins supersede academics in college sports.