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Jan 22, 2024 · Dec. 19, 2012 — Krzyzewski is named co-recipient of the 2012 USA Basketball National Coach of the Year Award after leading the USA Men’s National Team to the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in ...
Jun 3, 2021 · ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A day after announcing his retirement, Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski explained today why he's leaving the game he's dominated for four decades. WUNC's Dave DeWitt ...
May 31, 2022 · Duke men's coach Mike Krzyzewski retired this season as the winningest coach of all time after a 47-year career. When you're going, you take a quick look at him. And then, if you don't get it, get ...
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Apr 4, 2022 · Date of Birth. February 13, 1947. Mike Krzyzewski (pronounced Sha-shef-ski) was born in Chicago and raised on the city’s Northwest side, among other working class Polish-American families. His father was an elevator operator, his mother a cleaning woman. The family shared a two-story home with relatives.
On the court, Coach K has averaged more than 25 wins a season during his career at Duke and posted 13 30-win seasons, including 30 or more victories in 10 of the last 16 years. Krzyzewski’s 13 30-win seasons are the most by any coach in college basketball history. Coach K is Men's College Basketball's ALL-TIME winningest Coach.
Nov 8, 2023 · Over the course of 47 years, Mike Krzyzewski assembled one of the greatest coaching resumes in basketball history. The former U.S. Army officer, who also played for the Army basketball team, led Duke University to five national championships and 15 ACC tournament titles, and retired with the most college coaching wins (1202) in history.
Apr 3, 2022 · And so Mike Krzyzewski’s extraordinary 47-year coaching career came to a bittersweet end after 1,570 games — 1,202 of them victories. The sweet part for Krzyzewski was steering a team that ...
