president myles brand

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.

NCAA President Myles Brand, the first university president to serve as the NCAA's chief executive, has died from pancreatic cancer according to the NCAA's website.

He was 67.

Former Indiana University basketball coach Bob Knight will be inducted into the university's athletics Hall of Fame nearly a decade after he was fired for violating a zero-tolerance policy imposed by then-IU President Myles Brand.

Indiana's Saturday announcement that it would honor Knight is the first move to bring the two sides together since Knight was fired in 2000 for what school...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- Former Indiana University basketball coach Bob Knight will be inducted into the university's athletics Hall of Fame nearly a decade after he was fired for violating a zero-tolerance policy imposed by then-IU President Myles Brand.