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'''Michael William "Mike" Krzyzewski''' ({{lang-pl|Krzyżewski}}; {{IPA|/kʂɨˈʐɛ(f)ski/}}; in [[American English]] pronounced "Sha-''zhef''-skee") (born February 13, 1947) is an [[USA|American]] basketball coach. Currently the head coach of the [[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball]] team, he also coached the [[United States men's national basketball team]] at the [[2006 FIBA World Championship|2006 world championship]] and the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], culminating with the gold medal at the Olympics. Affectionately known as "'''Coach K'''", Krzyzewski has led the Blue Devils to three [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA Championships]], ten Final Fours (third most in history), and ten [[List of Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament champions|ACC Championships]] over 28 seasons at Duke. Currently the winningest active men's NCAA Division I coach, Krzyzewski has amassed an NCAA-record 69 NCAA tournament victories, while averaging more than 25 wins per season.<ref name="CoachKfacts">[http://www.coachk.com/duke-basketball.php Coach K: Duke Basketball]. Accessed on [[February 18]], [[2008]].</ref> He has also coached an NCAA record nine 30-win seasons in his tenure. Sixty-one of the 65 four-year players under his tutelage since 1986 have competed in at least one Final Four. On March 1, 2008, Mike Krzyzewski became the sixth men's basketball coach in NCAA history to reach the 800-win plateau.<ref name="CoachKfacts">[http://www.coachk.com/duke-basketball.php Coach K: Duke Basketball]. Accessed on [[February 18]], [[2008]].</ref> He was elected to the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] following the 2001 season.
'''Michael William "Mike" Krzyzewski''', a.k.a. "Ratface" ({{lang-pl|Krzyżewski}}; {{IPA|/kʂɨˈʐɛ(f)ski/}}; in [[American English]] pronounced "Sha-''zhef''-skee") (born February 13, 1947) is an [[USA|American]] basketball coach. Currently the head coach of the [[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball]] team, he also coached the [[United States men's national basketball team]] at the [[2006 FIBA World Championship|2006 world championship]] and the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], culminating with the gold medal at the Olympics. Affectionately known as "'''Coach K'''", Krzyzewski has led the Blue Devils to three [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA Championships]], ten Final Fours (third most in history), and ten [[List of Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament champions|ACC Championships]] over 28 seasons at Duke. Currently the winningest active men's NCAA Division I coach, Krzyzewski has amassed an NCAA-record 69 NCAA tournament victories, while averaging more than 25 wins per season.<ref name="CoachKfacts">[http://www.coachk.com/duke-basketball.php Coach K: Duke Basketball]. Accessed on [[February 18]], [[2008]].</ref> He has also coached an NCAA record nine 30-win seasons in his tenure. Sixty-one of the 65 four-year players under his tutelage since 1986 have competed in at least one Final Four. On March 1, 2008, Mike Krzyzewski became the sixth men's basketball coach in NCAA history to reach the 800-win plateau.<ref name="CoachKfacts">[http://www.coachk.com/duke-basketball.php Coach K: Duke Basketball]. Accessed on [[February 18]], [[2008]].</ref> He was elected to the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] following the 2001 season.


==Early years==
==Early years==

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Mike Krzyzewski

Michael William "Mike" Krzyzewski, a.k.a. "Ratface" (Template:Lang-pl; /kʂɨˈʐɛ(f)ski/; in American English pronounced "Sha-zhef-skee") (born February 13, 1947) is an American basketball coach. Currently the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, he also coached the United States men's national basketball team at the 2006 world championship and the 2008 Summer Olympics, culminating with the gold medal at the Olympics. Affectionately known as "Coach K", Krzyzewski has led the Blue Devils to three NCAA Championships, ten Final Fours (third most in history), and ten ACC Championships over 28 seasons at Duke. Currently the winningest active men's NCAA Division I coach, Krzyzewski has amassed an NCAA-record 69 NCAA tournament victories, while averaging more than 25 wins per season.[1] He has also coached an NCAA record nine 30-win seasons in his tenure. Sixty-one of the 65 four-year players under his tutelage since 1986 have competed in at least one Final Four. On March 1, 2008, Mike Krzyzewski became the sixth men's basketball coach in NCAA history to reach the 800-win plateau.[1] He was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame following the 2001 season.

Early years

Krzyzewski, the son of Polish immigrants, attended Weber High School in Chicago, Illinois before it became a middle school. He then attended The United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and played basketball under Bob Knight while training to become an officer in the Army. He was captain of the Army basketball team in his senior season, 1968-69, leading his team to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) at Madison Square Garden in New York City. From 1969–74, Krzyzewski served in the Army and directed service teams for three years and then followed that up with two years as head coach of the U.S. Military Academy Prep School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Early coaching career

In 1974, he resigned from the Army having attained the rank of captain. Bob Knight, his former coach at Army, offered Krzyzewski, then 26 years old, a graduate assistant position at Indiana University. That 1975 squad posted an 18–0 Big Ten mark and a 31–1 overall record.

Prior to joining the Duke program, Krzyzewski spent five years building the program at his alma mater in West Point. He led the Black Knights to one NIT berth and left with a five-year record of 73–59 (.553).

Tenure at Duke

In 1980, Krzyzewski took over as the head coach at Duke University after having accumulated a 73-59 win-loss record in five seasons at Army. After a few years of rebuilding, he and the Blue Devils have been a fixture on the national basketball scene with 13 consecutive NCAA Tournament berths from 1996-2008 and 24 in the past 25 years. Overall, he has taken his program to postseason play in 25 of his 28 years at Duke and is the winningest active coach in NCAA Tournament play with a stunning 69-21 record for a .767 winning percentage.

Krzyzewski inherited a Duke squad in 1980-81 with a thin talent base outside of All-America Gene Banks, Kenny Dennard and Vince Taylor. The squad hustled its way to a bid in the NIT, but it was obvious that the recruiting trail was Krzyzewski’s only answer if the team was to succeed in the long run.

He landed a recruiting class in 1982 made up of Johnny Dawkins, Mark Alarie, David Henderson, Jay Bilas and Weldon Williams. It was rated one of the nation’s best and put Duke on the map to stay.

Joining that powerful group was guard Tommy Amaker in 1983. Duke won 24 games with that nucleus in 1984 and earned the first NCAA bid under Coach K.

With the class of Dawkins, Alarie and company now seniors and the addition of freshman Danny Ferry, the 1986 Duke team won an NCAA-record 37 games while claiming Big Apple NIT, ACC regular season, ACC Tournament and NCAA East Regional titles. They established a school record with a 21-game winning streak during the year (that has since been broken), were undefeated at home, advanced to the NCAA Championship game in Dallas and played more games (40) than any other team in college basketball history.

With the loss of the five seniors, many expected Duke to drop considerably in 1987, but not Krzyzewski. Led by Tommy Amaker, the team won 24 games and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament before losing in a tight game to eventual national champion Indiana. Amaker ended his career as the National Defensive Player of the Year, closing out a season that Coach K looks back on as the one that demonstrated the winning consistency of the program.

The 1987-88 campaign began Duke’s amazing streak of five straight NCAA Final Four appearances as the Blue Devils won 28 games, again swept to the ACC title, won another East Regional championship and found themselves in Kansas City. Senior Billy King followed Amaker by winning the second straight National Defensive Player of the Year award by a Blue Devil.

The role of leadership again fell to the senior class in 1988-89. This time, it was the National Player of the Year Danny Ferry, Quin Snyder and John Smith taking the reins. They guided the team to another trip to the NCAA Final Four with a win over heavily favored Georgetown in the East Regional final. Duke lost in the national semifinals to Seton Hall following an injury to Robert Brickey after leading by 18 early in the game.

In 1989-90, seniors Alaa Abdelnaby, Robert Brickey and Phil Henderson led the way to the Final Four with a 29-9 record, landing just one game shy of the title in Denver. The group won its third consecutive East Regional championship with an overtime triumph over top-seeded Connecticut.

Then came 1990-91, a season that forever changed the face of basketball at Duke. After the 30-point loss to UNLV in the 1990 final, Krzyzewski’s team was determined to avenge the loss. The Blue Devils won the regular season ACC title and posted four consecutive lopsided victories in the Midwest Region for yet another trip to the Final Four.

In the semifinals, Duke got another shot at the Runnin’ Rebels, who were undefeated, and this time Coach K led the Blue Devils to a 79-77 victory to earn a matchup with Kansas for the title. Duke’s crowning glory came on April 1, 1991, with a 72-65 victory over the Roy Williams coached Jayhawks as Christian Laettner earned MVP honors in Duke’s first national basketball championship.

In 1992, behind National Player of the Year Christian Laettner and fellow All-Americas Bobby Hurley and Grant Hill, the Blue Devils rolled to a 34-2 record and held the No. 1 ranking from start to finish (18 polls). Duke won its second consecutive NCAA crown with a 71-51 victory over Michigan. Along the way, the Blue Devils captured their fifth consecutive regional championship, won the ACC regular season and tournament titles and equaled the school record to that point for ACC victories with 14. This season included the dramatic last second overtime win over Kentucky on a Laettner shot in the Eastern Regional Finals in Philadelphia.

In 1993–94, the Blue Devils and Coach K were back knocking at the door of another national championship. Duke piled up a 28–6 overall record, won the ACC regular season championship, was ranked from start to finish in the nation’s top 10, captured the Southeast Regional title with an upset win over top-seeded Purdue and advanced to the national championship game before bowing to Arkansas, 76–72, in Charlotte.

Krzyzewski coached the first 12 games (9–3) in 1994-95 before taking a leave of absence after having back surgery and recovering from exhaustion. Pete Gaudet coached the final 19 games (4–15) as interim head coach. With "Coach K" no longer available to the team[2], Duke sports information director Mike Cragg checked with the NCAA on how to handle the win-loss record for the rest of the season and then assigned the games to Gaudet,[2]. In 2007, Krzyzewski said "I should have been credited with all of the losses [...] Overall, the bottom line is, I'm responsible, even though I'm not there."[2] To date, Duke University continues to exclude the 15 losses and four wins from Krzyzewski's overall coaching record.

The Blue Devils finished the 1998-99 campaign equaling the NCAA record for most wins with 37, winning the NCAA East Regional title, winning the ACC Tournament for the first time since 1992, recording the first 16-0 record in the ACC regular season, securing a school-record 32-game winning streak during the year and wrapping it all up as the NCAA runner-ups. Elton Brand was the consensus National Player of the Year, Shane Battier was the NABC National Defensive Player of the Year and Trajan Langdon was a first team All-America for Duke.

In 1999–2000, Duke finished with a 29–5 record, its fourth consecutive outright ACC regular season championship with a 15-1 record, its second consecutive ACC Tournament title and the final regular season No. 1 ranking in both major polls. Senior Chris Carrawell and junior Shane Battier were named consensus All-Americas and Battier earned his second consecutive National Defensive Player of the Year award. The Blue Devils accomplished this despite losing four starters from their 37-2 squad that advanced to the national championship game in 1999. Duke also had seven freshmen, the most on a Blue Devil team in school history, on its roster.

On November 17, 2000, Krzyzewski’s numerous accomplishments at Duke were recognized as the fabled Cameron Indoor Stadium court was named Coach K Court in his honor in a postgame ceremony.

Continuing to build on his reputation as one of the top college basketball coaches of all time, Coach K led Duke to its third national championship in 2001, joining just three other coaches — Wooden (10), Adolph Rupp (4) and Bob Knight (3) — who have won three or more NCAA titles. The Blue Devils finished the season with a 35-4 record, including 10 consecutive victories to end the year, their third consecutive ACC Tournament championship, fifth straight ACC regular season championship and the TiVo Preseason NIT title. Duke also was ranked at the top of the final Associated Press poll for the third consecutive season, marking just the second time in NCAA history a program had accomplished that feat (Wooden’s UCLA squads did it from 1971-73).

With its 82-72 victory over Arizona in the 2001 national championship game, Duke ended a four-year run with 133 victories. The Blue Devils lost just 15 games during that four-year span. The 133 wins broke the previous NCAA standard of 132 set twice by Kentucky from 1995-98 and 1996-99. In fact, 10 of the best 35 four-year runs in college history belong to Coach K-led Duke teams.

Individually, Coach K passed two major milestones in 2000-01: his 500th victory at Duke (98-85 over Villanova) and his 600th win overall (79-53 over sixth-ranked North Carolina in the ACC Tournament final). He reached 600 career wins faster than all but 10 coaches in college history.

Under Krzyzewski’s guidance, not one, but two of his student-athletes earned National Player of the Year awards in 2001 (Shane Battier was the consensus selection, while Jason Williams earned the NABC award). It was the first time in college basketball history that two players from the same team received National Player of the Year recognition by the major outlets. Battier and Williams were both unanimous first team All-Americas, and Battier, the sixth overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft, earned his third consecutive National Defensive Player of the Year award.

“I thoroughly loved coaching these kids,” said Krzyzewski following the 2001 national title. “They’ve been so good. They’ve given me their hearts, their minds, and not only that, they’ve given it to each other ... I get real close to the guys on my team. That’s the most rewarding thing about what I do.”

Krzyzewski led Duke to another outstanding season in 2001–02. The Blue Devils finished 31–4 overall, won the ACC Tournament title for a record fourth consecutive year, were a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for a record fifth straight season and finished No. 1 in the final AP poll for the fourth consecutive season, another NCAA first. Three Duke players — Jason Williams, Mike Dunleavy and Carlos Boozer — earned All-America honors and Williams became just the seventh repeat winner of National Player of the Year honors in college basketball history. That Duke threesome also departed for the NBA, where all three were drafted. Williams and Dunleavy were selected second and third, respectively, making them just the second set of teammates to be taken among the top three picks of the NBA Draft (UCLA’s Lew Alcindor and Lucious Allen went one and three in 1969).

In perhaps one of his finest coaching jobs, Krzyzewski led his 2002-03 team, featuring six freshmen, to a 26-7 record, its record fifth consecutive ACC Tournament championship and the school’s sixth consecutive appearance in the NCAA Sweet 16. Senior Dahntay Jones, the squad’s leading scorer, was Duke’s lone All-ACC representative and an honorable mention All-America selection. Jones became Coach K’s 17th first round NBA pick on 2003 Draft night.

Guided by the leadership of senior point guard Chris Duhon, Duke returned to the Final Four for the 10th time in a 19-year period in 2003-04. Duke finished the season 31-6 and won its sixth ACC regular season crown in eight seasons with a 13-3 league mark. Duke reached the No. 1 national ranking for four weeks during the season, marking the seventh consecutive year that it had reached that height (only UCLA’s streak of 12 straight years of achieving the No. 1 ranking from 1964-75 is longer). The Blue Devils ended the year by dropping a one-point decision to eventual national champion Connecticut in the Final Four in San Antonio. Duhon, J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams each earned All-America honors, bringing Coach K’s total selections to 19 in 24 seasons. In the 2004 NBA Draft, Luol Deng, after playing just one season at Duke, was selected seventh overall and Duhon was taken in the second round.

The 2004–05 squad featured Daniel Ewing, who would become the 36th NBA Draft pick under Krzyzewski, Redick, a National Player of the Year choice, and Williams, the National Defensive Player of the Year honoree. The Blue Devils went 27–6 and captured the ACC Tournament championship.

In 2005-06, the Blue Devils posted a 32–4 record, including a 14–2 mark in regular season league play. Duke captured the NIT Season Tip-Off crown and went on to win both the ACC regular season and tournament titles. Krzyzewski’s 10th ACC Tournament Championship came in the 1,000th game of his coaching career, a 78–76 win over Boston College at the Greensboro Coliseum on March 12. Redick, a consensus National Player of the Year, set the ACC career scoring and the NCAA three-point field goal records and Williams grabbed National Defensive Player of the Year honors for the second year in a row. Redick and Williams also became the ninth set of teammates selected as AP first team All-Americas and the first since Jason Williams and Shane Battier accomplished the feat in 2001.

Duke featured the school’s youngest team in more than 60 years in the 2006-07 season with 10 of the 12 players on the roster either freshmen or sophomores. Despite the youth, the squad recorded a 22–11 record and reached the NCAA Tournament. Coach K recorded his 700th career victory at Duke against Georgia Tech, making him the second-fastest coach in NCAA history to record 700 wins at one school.

Coach K had the Blue Devils among the top teams in the nation during the 2007-08 campaign as the team won 22 of its first 23 games. Krzyzewski became only the sixth head coach to reach 800 career wins with a victory at N.C. State. Duke would go on to finish the year 28-6, reaching the NCAA Tournament for the 13th consecutive season. DeMarcus Nelson was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year and a third team All-America, while Kyle Singler was the ACC Rookie of the Year and a Freshman All-America.

Krzyzewski has thus led Duke to Final Fours in 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2001, and 2004, winning NCAA championships in 1991 and 1992, with another national championship in 2001. With 69 career wins in the NCAA tournament, Mike Krzyzewski is the winningest coach in the history of the event.

During his years at Duke, Krzyzewski has led Duke to eleven Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) regular-season titles and ten ACC tournament titles (through the 2007-08 season). Five of the ACC tournament titles were in consecutive years (1999–2003). In addition, Krzyzewski has won twelve National Coach of the Year awards. On February 27, 2008, and March 1, 2008, Krzyzewski earned his 799th and 800th victories as a head coach with a 71–58 win over Georgia Tech and a 87-86 win over North Carolina State.

In 2005-06, Krzyzewski passed John Wooden to move into first on the chart of coaches who have led their respective schools to a No. 1 national ranking. Coach K has now led Duke to the top spot in the AP poll in 13 seasons, including eight of the last 11 years.


Future NBA Players

A total of 49 former Duke players have appeared on an NBA roster, including 13 entering the 2007-08 season (as of Oct. 1, 2007). In 2007, Josh McRoberts became the 39th draft selection under Mike Krzyzewski. Duke has had nine NBA lottery selections the past nine seasons, more than any other school. In 1999, Duke became the first program in the history of the NBA Draft to have four players from the same school selected in the first round. Three of the four — Elton Brand (Chicago), Trajan Langdon (Cleveland) and Corey Maggette (Seattle) — were lottery picks. In 2002, Jason Williams (2nd overall) and Mike Dunleavy (3rd) became just the second set of college teammates in the history of the NBA Draft to be the first two collegians selected.

Coaching awards/recognition

President George W. Bush congratulating Mike Krzyzewski and the 2001 champions at the White House.
  • 1986, Basketball Times, CBS/Chevrolet, UPI National COY awards.
  • 1989, Naismith National COY.
  • 1991, NABC National COY.
  • 1992, Naismith and Sporting News National COY (first college basketball coach honored).
  • 1997, Basketball Times National COY.
  • 1999, Naismith and NABC National COY.
  • 2000, CBS/Chevrolet National COY.
  • 2001, Victor Awards.
  • 2004, Claire Bee award (awarded to the coach who made the most significant positive contribution to his sport during the preceding year.)
  • 1984, ACC COY.
  • 1986, ACC COY.
  • 1997, ACC COY
  • 1999, ACC COY
  • 2000, ACC COY.
  • 2001, Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame.
  • 2001, Time magazine and CNN named Krzyzewski "America's Best Coach"; the award was not limited to any particular sport.

Krzyzewski has totalled 800 career victories (as of 1 March, 2008), making him the second winningest active coach in the NCAA Division I ranks, behind only Eddie Sutton. Other such coaches with 750 or more wins include Bob Knight, Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, Jerry Tarkanian, Lute Olson, Jim Calhoun, and Jim Boeheim. His total coaching record through the 2007–08 season is 803–269.

During his long tenure at Duke, Krzyzewski has been given the opportunity to coach in the NBA three 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.

Duke has named the floor at its basketball venue, Cameron Indoor Stadium, Coach "K" Court in his honor. Similarly, the grassy area outside of Cameron has been named Krzyzewskiville or "K-Ville". On 28 February, 2007, Duke named its new basketball practice facility the Michael W. Krzyzewski Center - Dedicated to Academic & Athletic Excellence. The 56,000-square-foot (5,200 m2) building was dedicated on February 8, 2008 and also houses the Academic Support Center for all of Duke's 600 student-athletes and an expanded Sports Hall of Fame and event center.

On February 4, 2008 upon hearing the news of his college head coach and the sport's all-time winningest coach, Bob Knight, announce his retirement from the game, Krzyzewski said, "Outside of my immediate family, no single person has had a greater impact on my life than Coach Knight. I have the ultimate respect for him as a coach and a mentor, but even more so as a dear friend. For more than 40 years, the life lessons I have learned from Coach are immeasurable. Simply put, I love him."

USA Basketball

Krzyzewski was picked to coach the U.S. men's national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing on October 26, 2005. In the 2006 FIBA World Championship, the team won a bronze medal after losing in the semifinals to his old friend Panagiotis Giannakis and his Greece team and then beating Argentina for third place. Krzyzewski was named the 2006 USA Basketball Coach of the Year and the Men's Senior National Team was named USA Basketball's team of the year as well. Krzyzewski also was the head coach of the US men's national team in the 1990 FIBA World Championship, when he led a team of American collegians to a third-place finish. In addition he was also one of the assistant coaches of the 1992 USA Olympic "Dream Team".

On August 24, 2008, Krzyzewski coached the U.S. men's national team to their first gold medal since the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. "The Redeem Team", known for their success on and off the court, finished the 2008 Beijing Olympics a perfect 8–0 and solidified U.S. basketball's return to dominance led by spectacular performances from leading scorer Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and the rest of Team USA.[3]

Off the Court

Krzyzewski's coaching success has given him opportunities outside of sports. In recent years, Krzyzewski has become a very popular speaker to corporate management groups. Krzyzewski has commanded fees up to $100,000 per session.[4] Krzyzewski is a devout Roman Catholic. He is involved in fundraising for Catholic charitable organizations in North Carolina, including Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.

Coaching tree

Many of Krzyzewski's assistants or players have moved on to become head coaches at other schools:

Three former players (Steve Wojciechowski, Chris Collins, and Nate James) currently work under him as assistants at Duke. Another former player, Chris Carrawell, has been on staff since the 2007-2008 season.

No team coached by one of Krzyzewski's former players has beaten the Blue Devils. However, during the 2007 NCAA tournament (1st round) the Blue Devils fell to Virginia Commonwealth, whose core players had been recruited by former VCU coach Jeff Capel before he left for the head coaching position at Oklahoma.

Krzyzewski has also coached NBA General Managers: Danny Ferry with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Billy King, formerly of the Philadelphia 76ers.

Notable players coached

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
United States Military Academy (Independent) (1975–1980)
1975-76 Army 11-14
1976-77 Army 20-8
1977-78 Army 19-9 NIT First Round
1978-79 Army 14-11
1979-80 Army 9-17
Army: 73-59 (.553) N/A
Duke University (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1980–present)
1980-81 Duke 17-13 6-8 T–5th NIT Quarterfinals
1981-82 Duke 10-17 4-10 T–6th
1982-83 Duke 11-17 3-11 7th
1983-84 Duke 24-10 7-7 T–3rd NCAA 2nd Round
1984-85 Duke 23-8 8-6 T–4th NCAA 2nd Round
1985-86 Duke 37-3 12-2 1st NCAA Runner-Up
1986-87 Duke 24-9 9-5 3rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1987-88 Duke 28-7 9-5 3rd NCAA Final Four
1988-89 Duke 28-8 9-5 T–2nd NCAA Final Four
1989-90 Duke 29-9 9-5 2nd NCAA Runner-Up
1990-91 Duke 32-7 11-3 1st NCAA Champions
1991-92 Duke 34-2 14-2 1st NCAA Champions
1992-93 Duke 24-8 10-6 T–3rd NCAA 2nd Round
1993-94 Duke 28-6 12-4 1st NCAA Runner-Up
1994-95* Duke 9-3 0-1
1995-96 Duke 18-13 8-8 T–4th NCAA 1st Round
1996-97 Duke 24-9 12-4 1st NCAA 2nd Round
1997-98 Duke 32-4 15-1 1st NCAA Elite Eight
1998-99 Duke 37-2 16-0 1st NCAA Runner-Up
1999-00 Duke 29-5 15-1 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2000-01 Duke 35-4 13-3 1st NCAA Champions
2001-02 Duke 31-4 13-3 2nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2002-03 Duke 26-7 11-5 T–2nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2003-04 Duke 31-6 13-3 1st NCAA Final Four
2004-05 Duke 27-6 11-5 3rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2005-06 Duke 32-4 14-2 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2006-07 Duke 22-11 8-8 6th NCAA 1st Round
2007-08 Duke 28-6 13-3 2nd NCAA 2nd Round
2008-09 Duke 23-5 9-4
Duke: 753-213 (.781)
Total: 826-272 (.753)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Sources:[5]
* Only coached the first 12 games this season before leaving the team for back surgery and exhaustion.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Coach K: Duke Basketball. Accessed on February 18, 2008.
  2. ^ a b c "dead link to Google cache". The Charlotte Observer. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |name= ignored (help)
  3. ^ US hoops back on top, beats Spain for gold medal
  4. ^ Gregory, Sean (2006-08-11). "Coach K Gets Down to Business". Time.
  5. ^ "2006-07 ACC Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF) (Press release). theACC.com. Retrieved 2008-03-22.

See also

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