That was right after they moved to Manhattan. Bennett hadn't coached a game yet, so he couldn't have gotten in davison's face then have a tragedy happen.
He probably just later found out that the guy had misfortune. Seriously, what other coach of ours has had misfortune? I'm sure he just was confused, maybe even talked bad about him until someone was like "hey man, don't talk bad about that guy, his wife died in a freak lightning accident" (what a dick)
I believe he's referring to Jim Gush, who's wife had cancer and was on KSU's staff from 1995-2001. He went with Bennett because the medical facility could care for his wife. If I'm not mistaken, she passed away a couple years ago after battling it.
I thought it was Stoops or Venables, but I remember Gush going with Bennett because of that reason.