Dan Dakich
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Daniel John Dakich (born August 17, 1962) is an American basketball analyst and radio host.
He is a former footballer, assistant coach, and interim head coach at Bowling Green State University.
Playing career
Dakich attended Andrean High School in Merrillville, Indiana. From 1981 to 1985, he played basketball for Indiana under coach Bob Knight. During his tenure as a team captain during his junior and senior seasons, the Hoosiers won an 84–39 (.683) record. He helped Indiana win one Big Ten title (during the 1982–83 season) and finish as the NIT runner-up in his senior season. He was named All-Tournament at the Indiana Classic as a youth, and as a senior, he received similar distinctions at the Hoosier Classic.
Dakich is best known for his defensive effort against Michael Jordan in Indiana's upset of No. 88. In the 1984 East Regional semifinals of the NCAA tournament, No. 1 ranked North Carolina. It was Dakich's sixth start of the year, but Knight had him to guard Jordan the afternoon of the game. "Just don't let him dunk on you," the knight told him. Both you and I will be embarrassed if we embarrass you. "I went back to my room and threw up," Dakich described. Jordan held Jordan to 13 points in Indiana's 72-68 victory, but Jordan spent the majority of the 2nd half on the bench in foul trouble, with both players eventually fouling out in what would be Jordan's last college game.
Coaching career
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. During the 12 years he spent as an assistant coach, he helped the Indiana program win 74% (283–101) of its games. In 1986–87, the Hoosiers captured a national championship and gained a spot in the NCAA tournament in each of their 12 seasons on staff. IU also won four Big Ten titles while finishing third or better in 9 of his 12 years.
Dakich was the academic monitor on the Indiana basketball team for the past seven years, and every four-year player on the program graduated under his direction. He also assisted with the creation of six All-American and three national Player of the Year nominees, including 1993 Player of the Year Calbert Cheaney.
He served as the head coach at Bowling Green State University from 1997 to 2007, a record of 156–480 (.527). Keith McLeod, a former Indiana Pacers guard, worked with one player who had signed a professional deal. BGSU never made it to the NCAA tournament during Dakich's tenure. Dakich had been losing seasons in four of his last five years with BGSU, and he resigned as head coach in 2007.
Dakich was named head basketball coach at West Virginia University (WVU) in 2002 to replace Gale Catlett in a short time. Dakich learned that people connected with the basketball program may have broken NCAA recruiting laws, which meant returning to Bowling Green as head basketball coach after only a week at WVU. The university was not punished as a result of the misconduct, but not penalized as a result of the violations. Jonathan Hargett, the object of the probe, was barred from WVU athletics for his role in the investigation.
Following Kelvin Sampson's dismissal due to NCAA recruiting misconduct, he served as the interim head coach at Indiana University during the 2008 season. The Hoosiers went 0–2 in postseason play, losing in the first rounds of the Big 10 and NCAA tournaments under Dakich's direction. IU refused to give Dakich the job after the season, and hired Tom Crean.
Television and radio career
Dakich is the host of "The Dan Dakich Show" on Indianapolis radio station WFNI, ESPN's ESPN radio affiliate, 1070 The Fan. Dakich served as a college basketball studio analyst for the Big Ten Network during the 2009–2010 college basketball season. Dakich joined ESPN as a college basketball color commentator and studio analyst beginning in November 2010, replacing Steve Lavin.
Dakich spent 16 years with Knight, four as a player and twelve as an assistant. Dakich has claimed that the reason he stayed so long was because Knight told him that he would be Knight's successor at IU. Their friendship has deteriorated in recent years. Since Knight skipped away from attending a service recognizing the undefeated 1976 IU basketball team, Dakich said in 2017 that he had 'lost all love' for him.
Dakich was banned from his show in October 2019 for failing "to adhere to" Emmis Communications, which owns WFNI.
"calling a player a'methhead' in Scottsburg, Indiana) Dakich responded to the dismissal of every school board member in March 2020 by going "downhill and beating the hell out of every board member." "Scottsburg is also a town full of'meth and AIDS and needles." "One is important people," Dakich replied, "toone is significant." . . . There are times when you can't get the tone out of newspaper papers or something. Sometimes it's funny when someone says or trying to be funny doesn't come across."
Dr. Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Dr. Johanna Mellis, co-hosts of The End of Sport, debating how college athletes are mistreated and exploited, according to reporter Ian Kennedy. According to reports, Dakich branded Kalman-Lamb "a d-bag" and said he didn't "going at it" in a pool with Dr. Mellis, because it was a public place, he'd have to get divorced.