Michael William Krzyzewski is an American college basketball coach. He has served as the head coach at Duke University since 1980, where he has led the Blue Devils to five national titles, 12 Final Fours, 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, with a total of ten. Krzyzewski is widely regarded as one of the best college basketball coaches of all time.
Is this Coach K’s last year at Duke?
Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski coached his final home game for the Duke University Blue Devils on Saturday night in one of the most anticipated events of the season.
Krzyzewski, who announced last year that the 2021-2022 season would be his last, has led Duke to five NCAA Tournament wins and 12 Final Four appearances during his four decades as head coach.
When did Coach K start at Duke?
Coach K then started his coaching career at Indiana in 1974 as an assistant under Knight before taking the head coaching position at his old alma mater the next year. He coached at West Point until taking the helm at Duke in 1980.