Knight assumed that position on July 1, 2014, and was the Pacers' college scout for the West Coast Region.

He was previously the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team until March 7, 2011.

[8] Knight was head coach of the Wisconsin Blast of the International Basketball Association and the Columbus Cagerz of the United States Basketball League before taking assistant coaching positions at Indiana, Akron and Texas Tech.

[11] Pat Knight used the motion offense and man-to-man defense, both of which he learned from his father as a player at Indiana and as an assistant coach.

Knight's first head coaching win came at home when the Red Raiders upset #18 Kansas State, 84–75, at United Spirit Arena.

[13] The win came on what had earlier been declared Pat Knight Day by Lubbock mayor David Miller.

[14] On March 1, 2008, the Red Raiders again defeated the top team in the conference by beating #5 Texas, 83–80, ending a month-long, eight-game winning streak for the Longhorns.

In a home game against Nebraska, Knight ran onto the court to argue with officials after Texas Tech player Alan Voskuil was called for a foul.

[22][23] On March 7, 2011, Texas Tech fired Pat Knight after 3 disappointing seasons of conference play.

[25] The Lamar squad went on to win the final three games of the season and the Southland Conference East Division Championship.

In a post-game interview, Knight tearfully complimented his seniors, calling them the "under-the-bus-gang," referring to his earlier criticism of them.