Did George McGinnis play for Bobby Knight?

George F. McGinnis was an American professional basketball player who played 11 seasons in the American Basketball Association and National Basketball Association.

In the 1970–71 season at Indiana, McGinnis became the first sophomore to lead the Big Ten in scoring and rebounding.

He averaged 29.9 points per game in his lone season in Bloomington earning All-American and All-Big Ten Honors in 1971.

On April 1, 2017, it was announced that McGinnis was part of the 2017 class for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, alongside Tracy McGrady, Bill Self, and Rebecca Lobo. He was inducted on September 8.

McGinnis’s health declined in his last years, primarily due to back problems that required multiple surgeries. He died of heart complications at a hospital in Indianapolis, on December 14, 2023, at the age of 73.

Did George McGinnis play for Bobby Knight?

McGinnis, who was also an all-state football player, said he left Indiana University early to help support his mother.

He expressed regret that he had missed out on playing for the Indiana coach Bobby Knight by one season, speculating, “I think it would have given me different values.”