About Coach K - Mike Krzyzewski
Michael William "Mike" Krzyzewski is the men's college basketball coach of the Duke Blue Devils. He is also the coach of the United States men's national basketball team, whom he led to a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2010 FIBA World Championship.
Nicknamed "Coach K", Krzyzewski has led the Blue Devils to 4 NCAA Championships, 11 Final Fours (tied for second most in history), 12 ACC regular season titles, and 12 ACC championships over 30 seasons at Duke. Krzyzewski has amassed an NCAA-record 77 NCAA tournament victories, while averaging more than 25 wins per season. On March 1, 2008, Krzyzewski became the sixth men's basketball coach in NCAA history to reach the 800-win plateau. He was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame following the 2001
Krzyzewski has totalled 868 career victories (as of April 2010), making him the most winning active coach and the fourth most winning all time in the NCAA Division I ranks. Other coaches with 800 or more wins include Dean Smith, Bob Knight, Adolph Rupp, Jim Boeheim, and Eddie Sutton. His Duke Basketball team won more games (291) in the decade beginning in the year 2000 than any other team in any other decade in NCAA Basketball history.
His alma mater inducted him into its sports hall of fame on 11 September 2009, the night before the Army vs. Duke football game. Additionally, West Point annually awards the "Coach K Teaching Character Through Sports" award each spring to cadets and coaches who display superior ethics and character through sport.