“Coach K has built the premier program in our sport thanks to his unwavering competitive edge, a tireless attention to detail, a family-first approach and a remarkable compassion and care of his players, coaches, and staff,” Scheyer said. He has spent eight years on the Duke coaching staff and was promoted to associate head coach in 2018. He was also a captain on the 2010 national championship team.

Scheyer played for Krzyzewski between 20. “Mike will long be best remembered, if not deeply respected and admired, for his unabashed love and utter devotion to his players.” “To suggest that Mike has more than earned the ‘GOAT’ mantle within the coaching community, both domestically and globally, is perhaps the greatest understatement of all time,” White said. Kevin White, Duke vice president and director of athletics, said in a statement Krzyzewski’s legacy is “mindboggling.” “Mike, Mickie and the entire Krzyzewski family have been devoted to Duke for more than 40 years, and we are so grateful that relationship will continue for a long time to come.” Duke’s 2021-22 campaign has officially ended as the team hosted its banquet on Thursday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium, marking the. “I can say without hesitation that Mike Krzyzewski is the greatest coach in the history of men’s college basketball,” said Duke President Vincent E. The head coaching career of Mike Krzyzewski ended when the Duke basketball program lost in the Final Four against North Carolina, but his duties as the head coach have officially come to an end this weekend. Krzyzewski, who will turn 75 in February 2022, was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001. Under his reign, Team USA won gold medals in the 2008, 20 Olympics, according to Duke’s website. Outside of Duke, Krzyzewski was also appointed head basketball coach of the United States National Team in 2005. While at Duke, Krzyzewski developed some of the biggest stars in the NBA, including Kyrie Irving, Jayson Tatum, Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram. Krzyzewski then took the reins as Duke head coach in 1980, according to the university. He’d do this for another year before returning to his alma mater, West Point, in 1975 as a head coach. He left the military as a captain, Duke’s release says.įrom there, he held a coaching position at the US Military Academy Prep School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, for two years before landing a graduate assistant coaching position at Indiana University, the release said. Krzyzewski was an Army officer between 19. Krzyzewski served in the military prior to coaching Krzyzewski has chosen Duke associate head coach and former Blue Devils player Jon Scheyer to become the school’s next head coach, according to Stadium’s Jeff Goodman.Ī press conference for Scheyer and Krzyzewski are scheduled for Thursday, Duke’s release states. He made everybody bring their A-game for years.” “He’s been a good friend, he’s been a guy I respected a great deal. He’s been fantastic for the ACC, the greatest rivalry in sports - Duke-North Carolina basketball,” Williams told the Fayetteville Observer on Wednesday. He’s been fantastic for college basketball. “Mike’s been fantastic for the game of basketball. Krzyzewski’s retirement announcement comes two months after his legendary rival, UNC head coach Roy Williams, retired in April.

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