‘I’ve had it awhile’: The case of Bob Knight’s missing thrown chair was concluded by none other than Indiana basketball head coach Mike Woodson

For 40 years, one of the biggest Indiana basketball mysteries was the location of the missing red chair that legendary coach Bob Knight threw onto the court during a game.

On the 40 year anniversary of Knight tossing the chair on the court in a home game vs Purdue, Indiana basketball head coach Mike Woodson concluded the case of the missing piece of history, bringing out the chair to sit on as he coached his team against Purdue.

With the chair currently in Woodson’s possession, it brought up the question – where had the chair been for the past 40 years?

Following Indiana’s 73-58 victory over Purdue on Sunday afternoon, Woodson enlightened the media with his version of who initially took the chair from Assembly Hall.

“A guy by the name of Scott Greer, the tennis coach here forty years ago, he was the only one thinking out of the box that night when (Bob) Knight threw that chair,” Woodson told the media. “That morning he got up and he came to Assembly Hall and he got the chair.”

Greer held a large presence in the Bloomington community, serving as the head coach for the Indiana men’s tennis team, later coaching the boys and girls tennis teams at Bloomington South High School.

Woodson was playing in the NBA with the Sacramento Kings at the time of Knight’s chair throw, but explained how he was connected to the chair after all of these years.

“A good friend of mine, his wife was Scott Greer’s daughter and he (Scott Greer) passed away about a year ago and there sat the little red chair, with all of the documentation,” Woodson said. “I happened to get my hands on it. That’s why it was special to have it here tonight. I wasn’t going to throw the chair but I did want to sit in it.”

While it was a very special moment for Indiana basketball fans to witness the chair found and brought out to be seen in public, many devoted fans were left wondering whether or not the chair was the exact one that Knight had thrown.

Acknowledging this large idea, Woodson believes he owns the original authentic chair from February 23, 1985’s game vs Purdue.

“That is probably the chair,” Woodson confirmed to the media. “I’ve had it awhile.”

Knight’s throwing of the chair is regarded as one of the most well known moments in college basketball history. Knight threw the chair after receiving a technical foul, earning himself an ejection and a one game suspension.

SEE ALSO: Indiana basketball routs Purdue on 40th anniversary of Bob Knight’s chair throw

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