Mike Krzyzewski
{{distinguish|Mike Krushelnyski}}
{{short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1947)}}
{{redirect|Krzyzewski|the Polish family name|Krzyżewski}}
{{redirect|Coach K|the record producer|Quality Control Music}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Mike Krzyzewski
| image = Mike Krzyzewski in 2011 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Krzyzewski in 2011
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|2|13}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
| player_sport1 = Basketball
| player_years1 = 1966–1969
| player_team1 = Army
| player_positions = Point guard, shooting guard
| coach_years2 = 1974–1975
| coach_team2 = Indiana (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1975–1980
| coach_team3 = Army
| coach_years4 = 1980–2022
| coach_team4 = Duke
| overall_record = 1,202–368
| tournament_record = 101–30 (NCAA Division I)
2–2 (NIT)
65–22 (ACC)
| championships = {{Plainlist|
- 5 NCAA Division I tournament (1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015)
- 13 NCAA Division I regional – Final Four (1986, 1988–1992, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2010, 2015, 2022)
- 15 ACC tournament (1986, 1988, 1992, 1999–2003, 2005, 2006, 2009–2011, 2017, 2019)
- 13 ACC regular season (1986, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997–2001, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2022)
}}
| awards = {{Plainlist|
- 3× Naismith College Coach of the Year (1989, 1992, 1999)
- 2× NABC Coach of the Year (1991, 1999)
- Clair Bee Coach of the Year (2004)
- UPI Coach of the Year (1986)
- 5× ACC Coach of the Year (1984, 1986, 1997, 1999, 2000)
}}
| coaching_records =
| BASKHOF_year = 2001
| BASKHOF_id = mike-krzyzewski
| CBBASKHOF_year = 2006
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Head coach for {{bk|USA}}}}
{{MedalSport|men's national basketball team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|2008 Beijing|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2012 London|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA World Championship}}
{{MedalGold|2010 Turkey|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Spain|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|1990 Argentina|}}
{{MedalBronze|2006 Japan|}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Americas Championship}}
{{MedalGold|2007 Las Vegas|}}
{{MedalSport|Assistant Coach for {{bk|USA}}}}
{{MedalSport|men's national basketball team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|1984 Los Angeles|Team}}
{{MedalGold|1992 Barcelona|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Americas Championship}}
{{MedalGold|1992 Portland|}}
}}
Michael William Krzyzewski ({{IPAc-en|US|ʃ|ɪ|ˈ|ʒ|ɛ|f|s|k|i}} {{respell|shizh|EF|skee}},{{YouTube|D5g2TmMT7j4|"Duke's Coach K talks about leadership"}} {{IPA|pl|kʂɨˈʐɛfskʲi|lang}}; born February 13, 1947), nicknamed "Coach K", is an American former college basketball coach. He served as the head coach at Duke University from 1980 to 2022, during which he led the Blue Devils to five national titles, 13 Final Four appearances, 15 ACC tournament championships, and 13 ACC regular season titles. Among men's college basketball coaches, only UCLA's John Wooden has won more NCAA championships (10). Krzyzewski is widely regarded as one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all time.{{cite web |title=Mike Krzyzewski: Where Does Duke Basketball Coach Stand Among the Greatest Ever? |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/531418-mike-krzyzewski-where-does-the-duke-coach-stand-among-the-greatest-ever |publisher=Bleacher Report |access-date=December 3, 2010}}{{cite web |last1=Chase |first1=Chris |title=Like it or not, Mike Krzyzewski is the best coach in college basketball history |url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/03/mike-krzyzewski-coach-k-john-wooden-greatest-coach-ncaa-history |website=ftw.usatoday.com |date=March 31, 2015 |access-date=March 31, 2015}}{{cite web |last1=Fowler |first1=Hayley |title='End of an era.' Basketball world reacts to news of Coach K retiring from Duke |url=https://www.sacbee.com/sports/article251845353.html |website=The Sacramento Bee |access-date=June 2, 2021}}
Krzyzewski has also coached the United States national team, which he led to gold medals at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympics. He was the head coach of the U.S. team that won gold medals at the 2010 and the 2014 FIBA World Cup, and an assistant coach for the "Dream Team" at the 1992 Olympics.
Krzyzewski was a point guard at Army from 1966 to 1969 under coach Bob Knight. From 1975 to 1980, he was the head coach for his alma mater.[http://www.coachk.com/duke-basketball.php Coach K: Duke Basketball] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320091610/http://www.coachk.com/duke-basketball.php |date=March 20, 2008 }}. Accessed on February 18, 2008. He is a three-time inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2001 for his individual coaching career, in 2010 as part of the collective induction of the "Dream Team,"{{Cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/tag/1992-united-states-olympic-team|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818075707/http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/tag/1992-united-states-olympic-team|url-status=dead|title=The Dream Team – Hoop Hall.com|archive-date=August 18, 2010}} and in 2025 as head coach of the 2008 United States men's Olympic basketball team ("Redeem Team").{{cite web |title=Bird, Moore, Anthony, Donovan top '25 Basketball Hall of Fame class |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44546358/bird-moore-anthony-howard-top-25-naismith-hall-fame-class |website=ESPN.com |publisher=Associated Press (via ESPN) |access-date=April 5, 2025}} He was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006, and the United States Olympic Hall of Fame in 2009 (with the "Dream Team").
On November 15, 2011, Krzyzewski led Duke to a 74–69 victory over Michigan State at Madison Square Garden to become the coach with the most wins in NCAA Division I men's basketball history. Krzyzewski's 903rd victory set a new record, breaking that held by his former coach, Bob Knight. On January 25, 2015, Duke defeated St. John's, 77–68, again at Madison Square Garden, as Krzyzewski became the first Division I men's coach to reach 1,000 wins.{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Scott|title=Coach K earns career win No. 1,000 in No. 5 Duke's win over St. John's|url=http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/25/coach-k-mike-krzyzewski-career-win-no-1000-no-5-dukes-win-st-johns/|access-date=January 25, 2015|agency=NBC Sports|date=January 25, 2015}}
Early life
Krzyzewski was born in Chicago, the son of Polish American parents Emily M. (née Pituch) and William Krzyzewski{{Cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4343445.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105202806/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4343445.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|title=Emily M. Krzyzewski, mother of Duke coach – Chicago Sun-Times |date=November 5, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=867025 |title=Krzyzewski Receives 2007 Ellis Island Family Heritage Award – Duke University Blued Evils | Official Athletics Site |date=April 17, 2007 |publisher=GoDuke.com |access-date=August 4, 2012}} and was raised as a Catholic. Krzyzewski attended St. Helen Catholic School in Ukrainian Village, Chicago and,{{cite web |title=Coach K: From Ukrainian Village to March Madness |url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/garcia/19030792-452/coach-k-from-ukrainian-village-to-march-madness.html |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402233104/http://www.suntimes.com/news/garcia/19030792-452/coach-k-from-ukrainian-village-to-march-madness.html |archive-date=April 2, 2013 |access-date=November 17, 2013}} later, Archbishop Weber High School in Chicago, a Catholic prep school for boys.Susan Hines-Brigger, [http://www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/Mar2006/Feature2.asp "Mike Krzyzewski: Life Beyond the Rim"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130223172557/http://www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/Mar2006/Feature2.asp|date=February 23, 2013}}, St. Anthony Messenger, March 2006.
He was captain of the Army basketball team in his senior season, 1968–69, leading the Cadets to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) at Madison Square Garden in New York City, where West Point finished fourth.
From 1969 to 1974, Krzyzewski served as an officer in the U.S. Army and directed service teams for three years. In 2005, he was presented West Point's Distinguished Graduate Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.westpointaog.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx|title=2005 Distinguished Graduate Award|publisher=West Point Association of Graduates|access-date=June 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808132144/http://www.westpointaog.org/netcommunity/page.aspx|archive-date=August 8, 2011|url-status=dead}}
Education
He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1969. He comes from a working-class family and is a first-generation college student.{{Cite news |title=Blue Angel |language=en-us |work=Sports Illustrated Vault {{!}} SI.com |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1992/03/16/blue-angel-duke-coach-mike-krzyzewskis-divine-spirit-and-working-class-ethics-have-forged-an-exemplary-college-basketball-program |access-date=2023-11-06}}
Coaching career
=Indiana and Army=
He was discharged from active duty in 1974 with the rank of captain, and started his coaching career as an assistant on Knight's staff with the Indiana Hoosiers during their historic 1974–75 season. After one year with Indiana, Krzyzewski returned to West Point as head coach at age 28; in his five seasons, he led the Army Cadets to a {{winpct|73|59|record=y}} record and an NIT berth in 1978.
=Duke=
File:Mike Krzyzewski named head coach, Aeolus (Duke Chronicle) 1980-03-19.jpg
On March 18, 1980, Krzyzewski was named the head coach at Duke University after five seasons at Army.{{Cite web|title = Duke Names Krzyzewski|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m9ROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PRMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6496,3897290&hl=en |website=news.google.com|access-date = April 4, 2015|date = March 19, 1980|publisher = Associated Press}} After a few rebuilding seasons, he and the Blue Devils became a fixture on the national basketball scene with 35 NCAA Tournament berths in the past 36 years and 24 consecutive from 1996 to 2019, behind Kansas which has appeared in the tournament in 30 consecutive seasons. Overall, he has taken his program to postseason play in 36 of his 39 years at Duke and is the winningest coach in men's NCAA Tournament play with a 100–30 record for a .769 winning percentage. His Duke teams have won 15 ACC Championships, been to 13 Final Fours, and won five NCAA tournament National Championships.
File:Coach K cutting down the nets, Duke Chronicle 1986-03-10.jpg after winning the 1986 ACC tournament]]
Krzyzewski had surgery to repair a ruptured disk in his back in October 1994, but insisted on returning to the sidelines for the 1994–95 season, using a special stool to keep him off his feet. However, the pain became so debilitating that he went several days without sleeping early in the season.{{cite news|url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/college/mens-basketball/article9252488.html|title=Back injury, sitting out changed history for Coach K|author=Barry Jacobs|publisher=The News & Observer|work=The Charlotte Observer|date=January 4, 2015}} By the start of ACC play, the pain had progressed to a point that he could not continue. Shortly after the first game of ACC play, Krzyzewski told his players and coaches that he was taking a leave of absence, with longtime assistant Pete Gaudet serving as interim head coach for the remainder of the season.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-lost-season-of-dukes-coach-k-1422201837|title=The Lost Season of Duke's Coach K|author1=Andrew Beaton|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|date=January 25, 2015}} He had actually planned to resign, but athletic director Tom Butters persuaded him to take a leave of absence instead. Per longstanding NCAA guidance, Duke only credits the first 12 games of the season to Krzyzewski and credits the remainder of the season to Gaudet. Years later, Krzyzewski said that he probably would have been out of basketball if he had not endured that season, since it made him realize he needed to manage his time better and delegate more responsibility.
On February 13, 2010 – his 63rd birthday – Krzyzweski coached in his 1,000th game as the Duke head coach. On March 20, 2011, Krzyzewski won his 900th game, becoming the second of three Division I men's basketball coaches to reach 900 basketball wins, the other two being Jim Boeheim at Syracuse and his head coach at Army, Bob Knight.{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2014/01/25/no-18-duke-continues-strong-play-flushes-florida-state/4894893/ |title=Duke flushes Florida State to give Coach K his 900th school win |date=January 25, 2014 |publisher=The Associated Press}}{{cite news |title=Duke-Michigan Rivalry Renewed With Same Result |newspaper=New York Times |date=March 20, 2011 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/sports/ncaabasketball/21duke.html }} On November 15, 2011, Krzyzewski got his 903rd win passing Knight's record for most Division I wins. In an interview of both men on ESPN the previous night, Krzyzewski discussed the leadership skills he learned from Knight and the United States Military Academy. Knight credited Krzyzewski's understanding of himself and his players as keys to his success over the years.{{cite web |url=https://www.espnfrontrow.com/2011/11/coach-k-knight-reflect-as-duke-coach-nears-career-victory-no-903/ |title=Coach K, Knight reflect as Duke coach nears career victory No. 903 |first=Sheldon |last=Spencer |date=November 15, 2011 |work=Front Row |publisher=ESPN |access-date=November 15, 2011}}
File:20131203 Mike Krzyzewski.jpg
On January 25, 2015, Krzyzewski won his 1,000th game, when Duke defeated St. John's in Madison Square Garden. He is the first men's coach to win 1,000 NCAA Division I basketball games.
On April 6, 2015, Krzyzewski won his fifth NCAA championship, when Duke defeated Wisconsin in the title game.
Winning against Yale in the 2016 NCAA tournament on March 19, Krzyzewski became the all-time winningest coach in the NCAA Division I tournament with 90 total wins.
On November 11, 2017, Krzyzewski won his 1,000th game with the Duke Blue Devils, making him the first head coach to win 1,000 games with one NCAA Division I men's basketball program.{{refn|group=n|While Jim Boeheim achieved the mark in terms of actual games with Syracuse University on February 4, 2017, Syracuse and Boeheim under NCAA sanctions in 2015 were permanently vacated 101 wins, resulting in Kryzewski statistically becoming the first ever.}}
On March 17, 2018, Krzyzewski won his 1,099th game in his career, passing Pat Summitt for most wins by a Division I coach, male or female.{{Cite web|url=https://coachk.com/coach-k-news/coach-k-surpasses-pat-summitt-as-winningest-division-i-coach/|title=Coach K Surpasses Pat Summitt as Winningest Division I Coach – Official Website of Coach Mike Krzyzewski|date=March 17, 2018}}
On February 16, 2019, Krzyzewski won his 1,123rd game to become the winningest coach in college basketball history at any level (men's or women's), passing Harry Statham of Division II McKendree University.{{Cite web|title=Coach K becomes all-time winningest college basketball coach with Duke's win over N.C. State {{!}} NCAA.com|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2019-02-16/coach-k-becomes-all-time-winningest-college-basketball-coach|access-date=2022-02-08|website=www.ncaa.com|language=en}} However, on January 21, 2024, Tara VanDerveer became the winningest head coach in college basketball history at any level, men's or women's, upon passing Krzyzewski with her 1,203rd win.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-20 |title=Stanford's Tara VanDerveer becomes winningest coach in college basketball, passing Mike Krzyzewski |url=https://apnews.com/article/vanderveer-record-stanford-oregon-state-score-2f42bcb6be37f805f341bbc61622c43b |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=apnews.com |language=en}}
On June 2, 2021, Krzyzewski announced that he would retire at the conclusion of the 2021–22 season.{{Cite press release|title=Krzyzewski Announces 2021–22 as Final Season; Scheyer Named Next Head Coach|date=June 2, 2021|publisher=Duke University|location=Durham, North Carolina|url=https://goduke.com/news/2021/6/2/mens-basketball-krzyzewski-announces-2021-22-as-final-season-scheyer-named-next-head-coach.aspx|access-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602225518/https://goduke.com/news/2021/6/2/mens-basketball-krzyzewski-announces-2021-22-as-final-season-scheyer-named-next-head-coach.aspx|archive-date=June 2, 2021}} Krzyzewski coached his final home game on March 5, 2022, against rival North Carolina, where Duke lost 94–81.{{cite web |title=Coach K's final home game: UNC turns Mike Krzyzewski's Cameron Indoor Stadium finale into its own celebration |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/coach-ks-final-home-game-unc-turns-mike-krzyzewskis-cameron-indoor-stadium-finale-into-its-own-celebration/ |website=CBSSports.com |access-date=6 March 2022 |language=en}} Krzyzewski reached his 13th Final Four appearance, passing John Wooden for the most Final Four appearances as a coach, where Duke lost 81–77 to North Carolina in his final game on April 2, 2022.{{cite web |title=Coach K's farewell tour: Mike Krzyzewski's legendary career ends in Final Four loss to rival North Carolina |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/coach-ks-farewell-tour-mike-krzyzewskis-legendary-career-ends-in-final-four-loss-to-rival-north-carolina/ |website=CBSSports.com |date=April 4, 2022 |access-date=4 April 2022 |language=en}} He ended his career at Duke with a 1,129–309 win-loss record.
On April 5, 2022, former Duke player Jay Williams theorized that Krzyzewski could return for another season, but Krzyzewski quickly put that theory to rest when he said he was not going to "pull a Tom Brady" on ESPNU Radio.
=National team=
File:Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler, Mike Krzyzewski.jpg, Tyson Chandler, and Krzyzewski during a national team practice ahead of the 2012 Olympics]]
Krzyzewski's teams won three consecutive gold medals in the Olympics with him as head coach of the USA men's national team. His other international coaching accolades include a silver medal at the 1987 World University Games, a bronze medal at the 1990 FIBA World Championship, a silver medal at the 1990 Goodwill Games, a bronze medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, and gold medals at the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship, the 2010 FIBA World Championship, and the 2014 FIBA World Cup.
He was also an assistant coach for USA teams that won gold medals at the 1984 and 1992 Olympics, 1979 Pan American Games, and 1992 Tournament of the Americas.
In 2005, he was appointed coach of the national team through the 2008 Olympics. In the 2006 FIBA World Championship, the USA won the bronze medal after losing in the semifinals to Greece, then beating defending Olympic gold medalist Argentina for third place.
On August 24, 2008, Krzyzewski's U.S. team won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. "The Redeem Team" finished the tournament with a perfect 8–0 record. He coached the U.S. team for the 2010 FIBA World Championship and led Team USA to a perfect 9–0 record, defeating host Turkey in the gold medal game, 81–64. His team won a second Olympic gold in London, defeating runners-up Spain, 107–100. Krzyzewski has amassed a total record of 75–1 (.987) as head coach of the USA National Team.[http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/12/3759038/scott-fowler-coach-k-exits-with.html Coach K exits with a golden legacy of greatness.] Kansas City Star, August 12, 2012.
In February 2013, Krzyzewski stepped down after seven years of coaching the national team,{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/basketball/story/_/id/8990848/mike-krzyzewski-done-team-usa-coach-7-years |title=Mike Krzyzewski: 'It's been an honor' |date=February 26, 2013 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=March 12, 2013}} but Team USA in May announced that he would return as head coach from 2013 through 2016.{{cite web |title=2013 USA Basketball Men's National Team Mini-Camp |page=6 |publisher=USA Basketball |url=http://www.usab.com/misc/13_mnt_Mini_Camp_guide.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222072732/http://www.usab.com/misc/13_mnt_mini_camp_guide.pdf |archive-date=February 22, 2015 |url-status=dead}}
=NBA coaching offers=
File:Duke2001PresidentBush.jpg congratulating Mike Krzyzewski and the 2001 NCAA champions at the White House]]
During his long tenure at Duke, Krzyzewski had been given the opportunity to coach in the NBA at least five times. The first time came after the 1990 season when he led the Blue Devils to their third straight Final Four appearance. The Boston Celtics offered a coaching position to Krzyzewski, but he soon declined their offer. The next season, Krzyzewski proceeded to lead the Blue Devils to the first of two straight national championships. In 1994, he was pursued by the Portland Trail Blazers, but again he chose to stay with Duke. In 2004, Krzyzewski was also interviewed by the Los Angeles Lakers following the departure of high-profile coach Phil Jackson. He was given a formal offer from Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak, reportedly for five years, $40 million and part ownership, but again turned down the NBA. In 2010, the New Jersey Nets were reportedly willing to pay Krzyzewski between $12 million and $15 million per season to coach the Nets. Krzyzewski again declined the offer and stayed at Duke.{{cite web|last=Tjarks |first=Jonathan |url=http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/65777/20100405/even_at_$12m_per_season_coach_k_claims_no_interest_in_nets_job/ |title=NBA News, Rumors, NCAA Basketball, Euroleague |publisher=RealGM |date=March 12, 2012 |access-date=August 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710082009/http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/65777/20100405/even_at_%2412m_per_season_coach_k_claims_no_interest_in_nets_job |archive-date=July 10, 2010 }} In 2011, Krzyzewski was offered the vacant coaching position for the Minnesota Timberwolves, but he again declined the offer and chose to stay at Duke.{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/timberwolves-gm-wanted-lure-duke-mike-krzyzewski-minnesota-coach-ricky-rubio-project-article-1.127604#|title=Timberwolves GM wanted to lure Duke's Mike Krzyzewski to Minnesota to coach Ricky Rubio project|work=NY Daily News|first=Mitch|last=Lawrence|date=June 25, 2011|access-date=July 23, 2018}}
Post-retirement
Although Krzyzewski retired as Duke's basketball coach in 2022, he maintained a position at Duke University and continued to use his office in the Schwartz-Butters Athletic Center. As of 2023, he said he talked to successor coach Jon Scheyer on a near-daily basis. According to The Athletic, Krzyzewski's post-retirement focuses included charity work for The V Foundation and the Emily Krzyzewski Center, speaking gigs, and time with family. He made his first post-retirement appearance at a Duke game on February 14, 2023.{{cite news |last1=Marks |first1=Brendan |title=Coach K's second act: raising funds, speaking gigs, Duke games on TV |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4233953/2023/02/21/mike-krzyzewski-duke-basketball-retirement-life/ |work=The Athletic |date=February 21, 2023 |language=en}}
Awards and honors
File:Coach K hugs Bob Knight.jpg
NCAA
- Five-time NCAA Champion – 1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015
- Three-time Naismith College Coach of the Year – 1989, 1992, 1999
- 13-time ACC Regular Season Champion – 1986, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2022
- 15-time ACC Tournament Champion – 1986, 1988, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2019
- Five-time ACC Coach of the Year – 1984, 1986, 1997, 1999, 2000
- Two-time United States Sports Academy Amos Alonzo Stagg Coaching Award winner – 1991, 2008.{{cite web|url=http://blog.al.com/press-register-sports/2010/04/alabama_football_coach_nick_sa.html |title=Alabama football coach Nick Saban coming to Daphne to accept Amos Alonzo Stagg Coach of the Year Award | al.com |date=April 13, 2010 |publisher=Blog.al.com |access-date=August 4, 2012}}{{cite web|title=Amos Alonzo Stagg Coaching Award |url=http://www.asama.org/awards-of-sport/medallion-series/coaching-male/ |publisher=ASAMA – The American Sport Art Museum and Archives |access-date=October 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201214548/http://www.asama.org/awards-of-sport/medallion-series/coaching-male/ |archive-date=February 1, 2014}}
- Basketball court at Cameron Indoor Stadium named "Coach K Court"
USA Basketball
- Five Olympic Gold Medals:
- 1984, 1992 (assistant coach)
- 2008, 2012, 2016 (head coach)
- Two-time FIBA World Cup Gold Medal winner – 2010, 2014
- Two-time FIBA World Cup Bronze Medal winner – 1990, 2006
Halls of Fame
- Three-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee:
- 2001 (individual career)
- 2010 (with the "Dream Team")
- 2025 (with the "Redeem Tram")
- College Basketball Hall of Fame inductee (class of 2006)
- United States Olympic Hall of Fame inductee (class of 2009 – with the "Dream Team")
- FIBA Hall of Fame inductee (class of 2017 – with the "Dream Team")
- United States Military Academy Sports Hall of Fame inductee (class of 2009){{cite web|title="Coach K" Headlines Army Hall Of Fame Class Of 2009 |publisher=GoArmySports.om |url=http://www.goarmysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11100&ATCLID=204791641 |access-date=September 16, 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|title=Six receive Krzyzewski Character through sports award|newspaper=Pointer View|url=http://www.westpoint.edu/Dcomm/PV/yr2009/09APR23.pdf|access-date=September 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720112916/http://www.westpoint.edu/Dcomm/PV/yr2009/09APR23.pdf|archive-date=July 20, 2011|url-status=dead}}
- National Polish American Sports Hall of Fame inductee (class of 1991){{Cite web|url=http://www.polishsportshof.com/portfolio_page/mike-krzyzewski/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021094133/http://polishsportshof.com/inductees/basketball/mike-krzyzewski/|url-status=dead|title=Mike Krzyzewski – NPASHF|archive-date=October 21, 2013}}
Media
- 2001: Time/CNN America's Best Coach Award
- 2011: Sports Illustrated "Sportsman of the Year"
Other
- 2013: Chicago History Museum Making History Award
- Award presented at the United States Military Academy named the "Coach Krzyzewski Teaching Character Through Sports Award"
- Inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the State's highest honor) by the Governor of Illinois in 2014 in the area of sports.{{Cite web|url=https://thelincolnacademyofillinois.org/laureates/convocations/|title=Laureate Convocations by Year|website=The Lincoln Academy of Illinois}}
- Received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 1995.{{cite web|title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=American Academy of Achievement|url=https://www.achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#sports}}
- 2023: North Carolina State Board of Transportation voted to name three miles of North Carolina Highway 751 "Coach K Highway".{{cite news|url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/durham-county/article275057376.html|title=A road Mike Krzyzewski took to Duke's campus for decades will soon bear his name|last=Stradling|first=Richard|work=News & Observer|date=May 4, 2023}}
Family and charity
File:Coach K's family (Duke Chronicle 1986-03-20).jpg
Krzyzewski married his wife, Carol "Mickie" Marsh, in the Catholic chapel at West Point on the day of his graduation in 1969. They have three daughters and ten grandchildren.Alexander Wolff, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120315110414/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1003537/1/index.htm "Blue Angel: Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's divine spirit and working-class ethics have forged an exemplary college basketball program"], Sports Illustrated, March 16, 1992. According to The Wall Street Journal, she was the only person who could persuade him to step down during the 1994–95 season when he was suffering from a ruptured disk. She actually went as far as to give her husband an ultimatum–if he wanted to come home on what would prove to be his final day of coaching that season, he needed to skip practice and go to the doctor. His grandson, Michael Savarino, was a walk-on player at Duke for the 2019–20 season.{{cite web | last=Borzello | first=Jeff | title=Coach K's grandson a Duke walk-on: 'Earned it' | website=ESPN.com | date=2019-06-06 | url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26914321/earned-it | access-date=2025-05-26}}
Krzyzewski and his family founded the Emily Krzyzewski Center, a non-profit organization affiliated with Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Durham, which was established in 2006 and named in honor of Krzyzewski's mother. The mission is to inspire students from kindergarten to high school to dream big, act with character and purpose, and reach their potential as leaders in their community. The center's K to College Model serves academically focused students in out-of-school programming designed to help them achieve in school, gain entry to college, and break the cycle of poverty in their families. Krzyzewski and his wife, Mickie, have also been active for years in fundraising and support for the Duke Children's Hospital, Children's Miracle Network, the V Foundation for Cancer Research. In all of those entities they have both served as chairs and/or led major fundraising efforts. In addition, the Krzyzewskis have been major donors to Duke University in supporting a number of areas, including establishing scholarship endowments for students in North and South Carolina as well as a Duke student-athlete every year. He also serves on the board of advisors of the Code of Support Foundation, a nonprofit military services organization.{{cite web|url=https://www.codeofsupport.org/who-we-are/|title=Code of Support Foundation advisory board|website=codeofsupportfoundation.org|access-date=June 5, 2017|archive-date=October 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023074855/https://www.codeofsupport.org/who-we-are/|url-status=dead}}
In 2012, Krzyzewski received the U.S. Basketball Writers Association's Wayman Tisdale Humanitarian Award honoring his civic service and charitable efforts in making a significant positive impact on society.{{cite web|url=http://coachk.com/coach-k-news/coach-k-receives-humanitarian-award/|title=Coach K Receives Humanitarian Award|publisher=CoachK.com|access-date=May 17, 2017}}
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Army Cadets
| conference = NCAA Division I independent
| startyear = 1975
| endyear = 1980
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1975–76
| name = Army
| overall = 11–14
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1976–77
| name = Army
| overall = 20–8
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1977–78
| name = Army
| overall = 19–9
| conference =
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| postseason = NIT first round
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1978–79
| name = Army
| overall = 14–11
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1979–80
| name = Army
| overall = 9–17
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Army
| overall = {{winpct|73|59|record=y}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Duke Blue Devils
| conference = Atlantic Coast Conference
| startyear = 1980
| endyear = 2022
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1980–81
| name = Duke
| overall = 17–13
| conference = 6–8
| confstanding = T–5th
| postseason = NIT quarterfinal
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1981–82
| name = Duke
| overall = 10–17
| conference = 4–10
| confstanding = T–6th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1982–83
| name = Duke
| overall = 11–17
| conference = 3–11
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1983–84
| name = Duke
| overall = 24–10
| conference = 7–7
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 32
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1984–85
| name = Duke
| overall = 23–8
| conference = 8–6
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 32
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 1985–86
| name = Duke
| overall = 37–3
| conference = 12–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Runner-up
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1986–87
| name = Duke
| overall = 24–9
| conference = 9–5
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Sweet 16
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 1987–88
| name = Duke
| overall = 28–7
| conference = 9–5
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Final Four
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1988–89
| name = Duke
| overall = 28–8
| conference = 9–5
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Final Four
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1989–90
| name = Duke
| overall = 29–9
| conference = 9–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Runner-up
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| season = 1990–91
| name = Duke
| overall = 32–7
| conference = 11–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Champion
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| season = 1991–92
| name = Duke
| overall = 34–2
| conference = 14–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Champion
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1992–93
| name = Duke
| overall = 24–8
| conference = 10–6
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 32
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1993–94
| name = Duke
| overall = 28–6
| conference = 12–4
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Runner-up
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1994–95
| name = Duke
| overall = 9–3{{refn|Krzyzewski coached only the first 12 games of season before leaving the team for back surgery and to recover from exhaustion. Pete Gaudet took over as interim head coach and compiled a record of 4–15 with a mark of 2–13 in conference play. Duke finished the season with a record of 13–18 overall and in ninth place in the ACC at 2–14. Duke and the NCAA credit the first 12 games of the season to Krzyzewski and the final 19 games to Gaudet. |group=n|name=1994-95season}}
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1995–96
| name = Duke
| overall = 18–13
| conference = 8–8
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1996–97
| name = Duke
| overall = 24–9
| conference = 12–4
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 32
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1997–98
| name = Duke
| overall = 32–4
| conference = 15–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Elite Eight
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 1998–99
| name = Duke
| overall = 37–2
| conference = 16–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Runner-up
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 1999–00
| name = Duke
| overall = 29–5
| conference = 15–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Sweet 16
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| season = 2000–01
| name = Duke
| overall = 35–4
| conference = 13–3
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Champion
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2001–02
| name = Duke
| overall = 31–4
| conference = 13–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Sweet 16
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2002–03
| name = Duke
| overall = 26–7
| conference = 11–5
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Sweet 16
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2003–04
| name = Duke
| overall = 31–6
| conference = 13–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Final Four
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2004–05
| name = Duke
| overall = 27–6
| conference = 11–5
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Sweet 16
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2005–06
| name = Duke
| overall = 32–4
| conference = 14–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Sweet 16
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2006–07
| name = Duke
| overall = 22–11
| conference = 8–8
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2007–08
| name = Duke
| overall = 28–6
| conference = 13–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 32
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2008–09
| name = Duke
| overall = 30–7
| conference = 11–5
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Sweet 16
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| season = 2009–10
| name = Duke
| overall = 35–5
| conference = 13–3
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Champion
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2010–11
| name = Duke
| overall = 32–5
| conference = 13–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Sweet 16
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2011–12
| name = Duke
| overall = 27–7
| conference = 13–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2012–13
| name = Duke
| overall = 30–6
| conference = 14–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Elite Eight
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2013–14
| name = Duke
| overall = 26–9
| conference = 13–5
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| season = 2014–15
| name = Duke
| overall = 35–4
| conference = 15–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Champion
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2015–16
| name = Duke
| overall = 25–11
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = T–5th
| postseason = NCAA Division I Sweet 16
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2016–17
| name = Duke
| overall = 28–9
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = T–5th
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 32
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2017–18
| name = Duke
| overall = 29–8
| conference = 13–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Elite Eight
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2018–19
| name = Duke
| overall = 32–6
| conference = 14–4
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Elite Eight
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2019–20
| name = Duke
| overall = 25–6
| conference = 15–5
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason = No postseason held
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2020–21
| name = Duke
| overall = 13–11
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2021–22
| name = Duke
| overall = 32–7
| conference = 16–4
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Final Four
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Duke
| overall = {{winpct|1,129|309|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|466|193|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{winpct|1,202|368|record=y}}
{{small|*The 2020 NCAA tournament was canceled due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.}}
Coaching tree
Assistant coaches under Krzyzewski who became NCAA or NBA head coaches
- Pete Gaudet – Army (1980–82)
- Chuck Swenson – William & Mary (1987–1994)
- Bob Bender – Illinois State (1989–1993), Washington (1993–2002)
- Mike Brey – Delaware (1995–2000), Notre Dame (2000–2023)
- Tommy Amaker – Seton Hall (1997–2001), Michigan (2001–2007), Harvard (2007–present)
- Tim O'Toole – Fairfield (1998–2006)
- Quin Snyder – Missouri (1999–2006), Austin Toros (2007–2010), Utah Jazz (2014–2022), Atlanta Hawks (2023–present)
- David Henderson – Delaware (2000–2006)
- Jeff Capel – VCU (2002–2006), Oklahoma (2006–2011), Pittsburgh (2018–present)
- Johnny Dawkins – Stanford (2008–2016), UCF (2016–present)
- Chris Collins – Northwestern (2013–present)
- Bobby Hurley – Buffalo (2013–2015), Arizona State (2015–present)
- Steve Wojciechowski – Marquette (2014–2021)
- Nate James – Austin Peay (2021–2023)
- Jon Scheyer – Duke (2022–present)
See also
- Coach K College Basketball, a 1995 video game
- FIBA Basketball World Cup winning head coaches
- List of college men's basketball career coaching wins leaders
- List of FIBA AmeriCup winning head coaches
- List of NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four appearances by coach
- NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament consecutive appearances
- Poles in Chicago
Notes
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References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120119140104/http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22725&SPID=1845&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=152844&Q_SEASON=2011 Duke profile]
- {{Basketballhof|mike-krzyzewski}}
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