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Dan Dakich was born on 17 August, 1962 in Gary, Indiana, U.S., is an American sports radio host and former basketball player and coach. Discover Dan Dakich's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?

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Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 17 August, 1962
Birthday 17 August
Birthplace Gary, Indiana, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Dan Dakich Height, Weight & Measurements

At 61 years old, Dan Dakich height is 1.96 m .

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Who Is Dan Dakich's Wife?

His wife is Jackie Dakich (m. 1990)

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Dan Dakich Net Worth

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1962

Daniel John Dakich (born August 17, 1962) is an American basketball sportscaster.

He is a former player, assistant coach, interim head coach for the Indiana University Hoosiers and former head coach at Bowling Green State University.

He currently is the host of a radio show Don't @ Me for OutKick.

Dakich attended Andrean High School in Merrillville, Indiana.

1981

He elected to play basketball for Indiana under coach Bob Knight from 1981 to 1985.

He was a team captain during his junior and senior seasons and the Hoosiers finished with an 84–39 (.680) record during his career.

1982

As a player, he helped Indiana win one Big Ten title (during the 1982–83 season), earn three NCAA Tournament berths and finish as the NIT runner-up his senior season.

As a junior, he was named All-Tournament at the Indiana Classic and as a senior he earned similar accolades at the Hoosier Classic.

1984

Dakich is remembered for his defensive effort against Michael Jordan in Indiana's upset of No. 1 ranked North Carolina in the 1984 East Regional semifinal of the NCAA tournament.

It was Dakich's sixth start of the year, but Knight assigned him to guard Jordan the afternoon of the game.

Knight told him, "Just don't let him dunk on you. That will embarrass you and me both."

Dakich commented, "I went back to my room and threw up."

1985

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.

Dakich was the academic monitor on the Indiana basketball staff his last seven years and, under his guidance, every four-year player on the program graduated.

1990

Dakich married his first wife Jackie in 1990 and they divorced in 2012.

1993

He also assisted in the development of six All-Americas and three national Player of the Year candidates, including 1993 Player of the Year Calbert Cheaney.

1997

From 1997 to 2007 he served as the head coach at Bowling Green State University where he compiled a record of 156–140 (.520).

He coached one player who signed a professional contract, former Indiana Pacers guard Keith McLeod.

During Dakich's tenure, BGSU never made it to the NCAA tournament.

2002

Briefly in 2002, Dakich was named head basketball coach at West Virginia University (WVU) to succeed Gale Catlett.

When Dakich learned that people affiliated with the basketball program may have been guilty of NCAA recruiting rules infractions, he returned to Bowling Green as head basketball coach after only a week at WVU.

WVU voluntarily reported results of its internal investigation to the NCAA, and the university was not penalized as a result of the infractions.

The focus of the investigation, Jonathan Hargett, was banned from WVU athletics for his role in the reported violations.

2007

Dakich had losing seasons in four of his last five years with BGSU, and resigned as head coach in 2007.

2008

At the end of the 2008 season he served as the interim head coach at Indiana University, following Kelvin Sampson's resignation due to NCAA recruiting violations.

Under Dakich's guidance, the Hoosiers went 0–2 in postseason play, losing in the first rounds of the Big 10 and NCAA tournaments.

After the season, IU declined to offer Dakich the job and hired Tom Crean.

Dakich was the host of "The Dan Dakich Show" on Indianapolis radio station WFNI, ESPN radio affiliate, 1070 The Fan.

2009

Dakich served as a college basketball studio analyst for the Big Ten Network for the 2009–2010 college basketball season.

2010

Beginning in November 2010, Dakich joined ESPN as a college basketball color commentator and studio analyst, replacing Steve Lavin.

Dakich spent 16 years with Knight, four as a player and twelve as an assistant.

Dakich has said the reason he stayed so long, was Knight promised him that he would be Knight's successor at IU.

In recent years their relationship has deteriorated.

2013

Dakich held Jordan to 13 points in Indiana's 72–68 victory, although Jordan spent most of the 2nd half on the bench in foul trouble, with both players ultimately fouling out in what would be Jordan's final college game.

2017

In 2017 Dakich said that he had 'lost all respect' for Knight after Knight failed to attend a ceremony honoring the undefeated 1976 IU basketball team.

2019

In October 2019, Dakich was suspended from his show for failing "to adhere to the journalistic principles valued by" Emmis Communications, which owns WFNI.

2020

In March 2020, Dakich responded to the firing of Scottsburg (IN) High School basketball coach Brent Jameson by "calling a player a 'methhead', urging listeners to go 'take a dump' in Scottsburg and threatening, 'I may just drive down there and beat the hell out of every school board member. He also called Scottsburg "a town full of 'meth and AIDS and needles.

Dakich responded by saying, "Tone is important people. . . . Sometimes you can’t get tone out of newspaper articles and things. Sometimes what's funny when said or trying to be funny doesn't come across."

According to reporter Ian Kennedy, Dakich criticized Dr. Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Dr. Johanna Mellis, co-hosts of The End of Sport podcast, using "sexist and misogynistic" language for their discussion of the ways college athletes are mistreated and exploited.

Dakich reportedly called Kalman-Lamb "a d-bag" and declined going at it' in a pool with Dr. Mellis, saying that if he did, because it was a public place, he’d 'have to get divorced.