Analysis: Coach K’s legacy built on ability to reach players
3 years, 6 months ago

Analysis: Coach K’s legacy built on ability to reach players

Associated Press  

DURHAM, N.C. — What makes Mike Krzyzewski unquestionably one of the greatest coaches in the history of American sports goes beyond his resume of impressive milestones. “Let’s just put it this way: He has set a very, very high standard,” said Jerry Colangelo, the USA Basketball’s managing director who hired Krzyzewski as the men’s national team coach in 2005. Krzyzewski’s title count is second only to John Wooden’s 10 at UCLA; no other active Division I men’s coach even has three following the April retirement of Roy Williams at rival North Carolina. That’s enough to put the 74-year-old Krzyzewski alongside Wooden as the top choices on any “Mount Rushmore” discussion of all-time great college coaches. “He’ll always be the man,” said Chris Carrawell, a former Duke player and current Blue Devils assistant coach.

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SEC coaches pick Vols’ Dalton Knecht as top player, South Carolina’s Lamont Paris as coach of year
9 months, 1 week ago

SEC coaches pick Vols’ Dalton Knecht as top player, South Carolina’s Lamont Paris as coach of year

Associated Press  

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Tennessee guard Dalton Knecht has been chosen by Southeastern Conference coaches as player of the year after averaging a league-best 21.4-points per game. South Carolina’s Lamont Paris was picked as SEC coach of the year in voting by the 14 head coaches. Kentucky’s Reed Sheppard is freshman of the year, Tennessee’s Zakai Zeigler was picked as the …

Top 1-and-done NBA prospects have made a big impact in the AP Top 25 college basketball poll
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Top 1-and-done NBA prospects have made a big impact in the AP Top 25 college basketball poll

Associated Press  

Chris Carrawell started for a top-ranked Duke team that blew out just about everyone behind a roster stocked with NBA talent, including a freshman with tantalizing athleticism in a limited role. Instead, potential alone — captured in shot-out-of-a-cannon flashes that made Carrawell say “Whoa!” — made him the Blue Devils’ first one-and-done NBA player in 1999. While the best players …

Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski named adviser to NBA basketball operations
1 year, 7 months ago

Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski named adviser to NBA basketball operations

The Hindu  

Mike Krzyzewski is coming out of retirement and heading to the NBA — as an adviser, not a coach. The league said Wednesday that Krzyzewski, the Hall of Famer and all-time men’s college Division I coaching wins leader, is its new special adviser to basketball operations. “We are honored to have Coach K join the NBA family and share his …

Coach K stays busy with ‘Basketball and Beyond’, speeches
1 year, 10 months ago

Coach K stays busy with ‘Basketball and Beyond’, speeches

Associated Press  

Mike Krzyzewski isn’t coaching for the first time in 48 years, but that doesn’t mean he has retired. I’m on the road at least once, sometimes twice a week, to different locations, and I’ve learned a lot doing that.” Krzyzewski — who won 1,202 games, five national titles and made 13 Final Fours during his career at Army and Duke …

Krzyzewskiville, rowdy Duke fans part of Coach K’s legacy
1 year, 10 months ago

Krzyzewskiville, rowdy Duke fans part of Coach K’s legacy

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! “But I don’t think anybody has a moment where they think to themselves: ‘I wish that I didn’t do this.’” For decades, the reward was securing a coveted spot inside Cameron Indoor Stadium to cheer Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski’s Blue Devils against hated …

Keyontae Johnson at No. 5 K-State to face ex-Gator teammates
1 year, 10 months ago

Keyontae Johnson at No. 5 K-State to face ex-Gator teammates

Associated Press  

MANHATTAN, Kan. — There are still a handful of players left at Florida who remember the exact moment, during a timeout against rival Florida State more than two years ago, that Keyontae Johnson collapsed to the floor and time seemed to stand still. “It’s going to be amazing just playing against the team I started college basketball,” Johnson said, “and …

Coach K enjoying family, ‘at peace’ with coaching retirement
2 years, 6 months ago

Coach K enjoying family, ‘at peace’ with coaching retirement

Associated Press  

DURHAM, N.C. — Mike Krzyzewski is savoring the first taste of life after a Hall of Fame coaching career at Duke. And I like that.” The coach was back at the annual K Academy adult fantasy basketball camp on Wednesday. Krzyzewski said he’s still traveling for speaking engagements and taking time to answer correspondence. Krzyzewski’s final season included reaching 1,202 …

Duke’s Scheyer ready for program’s ‘pivotal’ coaching change
2 years, 8 months ago

Duke’s Scheyer ready for program’s ‘pivotal’ coaching change

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Jon Scheyer tried to soak up every possible nugget and detail he could as retiring Mike Krzyzewski’s designated successor in their final season together on the Duke sideline. But to sustain it, this is Duke’s opportunity to continue to do that.” The Blue Devils have been building to this moment since Krzyzewski’s announcement last June that he …

Krzyzewski K-O’d: North Carolina takes out coach, Duke 81-77
2 years, 8 months ago

Krzyzewski K-O’d: North Carolina takes out coach, Duke 81-77

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — For the 48th time over 47 years of unparalleled coaching, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski took the slow walk to midcourt and shook the hand of the North Carolina coach who beat him. “Dwelling on the two wins against Duke doesn’t help us against Kansas,” said Hubert Davis, who took over for Roy Williams this season and has now …

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s career ends with Final Four loss to North Carolina
2 years, 8 months ago

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s career ends with Final Four loss to North Carolina

LA Times  

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski looks on Saturday night. For the 48th time over 47 years of unparalleled coaching, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski took the slow walk to midcourt and shook the hand of the North Carolina coach who beat him. Krzyzewski’s remarkable career came to sudden close after Caleb Love made a key three-pointer and three late free throws to lift …

What you need to know about each team in the Final Four
2 years, 8 months ago

What you need to know about each team in the Final Four

Associated Press  

There’s no room for a surprise team at this Final Four. The closest thing to a Final Four party crasher is North Carolina, which was seeded eighth in the South Region but has won 10 of its last 11 games. SELECT COMPANY: North Carolina coach Hubert Davis is one of only two people to play and coach in the Final …

NCAAs: Coach K’s farewell tour extended through next weekend
2 years, 9 months ago

NCAAs: Coach K’s farewell tour extended through next weekend

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! “I’m an Army guy,” recalled Krzyzewski, who played for Bobby Knight at West Point and started his coaching career there. “I’m so — I’m really proud to be your coach.” Coach K has been hoarse since the tournament started, but he insisted on making a …

Retirement looms, but Krzyzewski’s influence built to last
2 years, 9 months ago

Retirement looms, but Krzyzewski’s influence built to last

Associated Press  

Mike Krzyzewski’s unparalleled coaching career is down to a few basketball games, with no more than a month left before the retiring Duke Hall of Famer walks off the sideline for the last time. “He’s got a small army of people that are working in basketball that believe in his values and things that he felt were important,” said Arizona …

Duke’s Krzyzewski misses 2nd half of win vs. Wake Forest
2 years, 10 months ago

Duke’s Krzyzewski misses 2nd half of win vs. Wake Forest

Associated Press  

DURHAM, N.C. — Duke Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski didn’t coach the second half of ninth-ranked Duke’s 76-74 win against Wake Forest on Tuesday night. The team’s official Twitter account later posted that Krzyzewski was “not feeling well” and wouldn’t return. Associate head coach Jon Scheyer, who has been designated as Krzyzewski’s successor for next season, took over as …

Commentary: Mike Krzyzewski is the greatest? Only since John Wooden retired
3 years, 6 months ago

Commentary: Mike Krzyzewski is the greatest? Only since John Wooden retired

LA Times  

UCLA basketball coach John Wooden talks to his players during a time-out against Notre Dame on Jan. 19, 1974, in South Bend, Ind. There’s an obvious four-word rebuttal for anyone who says that Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, as great as he’s been, is the greatest college basketball coach of all time. Call it East Coast bias, call it recency bias or …

Duke’s Krzyzewski eager for a final run with the Blue Devils
3 years, 6 months ago

Duke’s Krzyzewski eager for a final run with the Blue Devils

Associated Press  

DURHAM, N.C. — Mike Krzyzewski had pondered for years when it would be the right time to leave a Hall of Fame coaching career that he has long loved. Now Krzyzewski and the Blue Devils have committed to a plan: coach a final season in a farewell tour of sorts for one of the college basketball’s icons, then hand off …

Duke’s Krzyzewski to coach 1 final year, hand off to Scheyer
3 years, 6 months ago

Duke’s Krzyzewski to coach 1 final year, hand off to Scheyer

Associated Press  

Mike Krzyzewski will make a final run at a national championship with Duke. The school also named former Duke player and associate head coach Jon Scheyer as Krzyzewski’s successor for the 2022-23 season. Stadium first reported news of the 74-year-old Krzyzewski’s final season with Duke, which he has led to five national championships, most recently in 2015. Duke missed the …

Mike Krzyzewski 'to step down' as Duke basketball coach after upcoming season
3 years, 6 months ago

Mike Krzyzewski 'to step down' as Duke basketball coach after upcoming season

Daily Mail  

Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski has reportedly decided to retire after the upcoming season, ending a Hall of Fame career that has included five national titles and an NCAA Division I record 1,170 victories thus far. Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, known to generations of fans and players as 'Coach K,' has reportedly decided to retire after the …

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