(CNN) -- Controversial college basketball coach Bob Knight has stepped down from his post as head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders, the school's sports information director, Chris Cook, told CNN Monday.
Coach Bob Knight, here with his son Patrick Knight, announced Monday that he is leaving Texas Tech.
He gave no explanation for his decision. Knight's son will take over the team.
Knight, the winningest coach in men's college basketball history, took the position at Texas Tech in 2001 after he was fired from Indiana University six months earlier for repeated violations of the school's behavioral policies.
Those incidents included one in which he allegedly grabbed a player's arm and berated him for speaking disrespectfully and another in which he allegedly ordered a university attorney out of his office.
During his 29 years with Indiana, Knight, 67, led the Hoosiers to three NCAA titles and 11 Big 10 championships. He also coached U.S. teams to gold medals in the 1979 Pan American Games and the 2004 Olympics.
But his quick temper and aggressive behavior were almost as legendary as his coaching. National television cameras captured the coach pulling players off the floor by their jerseys. There was chair-throwing, and a 1997 incident -- which was videotaped and the tape leaked to CNN -- showing Knight grabbing player Neil Reed by the neck during a practice.
At least twice, Knight paid substantial fines, and on one occasion -- in 1979 -- he was arrested and charged with assault against a police officer in a confrontation over a practice gym during the Pan American Games. He was convicted in absentia.
Despite all the controversy, Knight insisted his players attend class and would not tolerate bad off-the-court behavior by his players.
Knight won 661 games with Indiana. With Texas Tech, he passed North Carolina's Dean Smith with his 880th win on January 1, 2007, making him the winningest coach in men's college basketball history. He retires with 902 wins.
"Bob came over to my office this morning and told me he was going to step down as coach, and basically he just said it was time," said Texas Tech Director of Athletics Gerald Myers. "Bob's done a wonderful, a great job with our program. And it's not a program that's broke."
Knight's son, Patrick Knight -- who played under him at Indiana -- took over his father's position Monday, Myers said.
"I'm pleased we have someone of his caliber," Myers said.
Patrick Knight said his father was tired and ready to relax and that he could see him down the road with a fishing show on television. He said he would aim to make his father, and Texas Tech, proud.
"I have his genes, I have his bloodlines," Knight said. "Any son wants to make his father proud." E-mail to a friend 
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