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. He had actually planned to resign, but athletic director Tom Butters persuaded him to take a leave of absence instead. 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. By the start of ACC play, the pain had progressed to a point that he could not continue.

However, the pain became so debilitating that he went several days without sleeping early in the season. 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. Krzyzewski cutting down the nets after winning the 1986 ACC tournament 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 73–59 (.553) record and an NIT berth in 1978. 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. In 2005, he was presented West Point's Distinguished Graduate Award. 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.įrom 1969 to 1974, Krzyzewski served as an officer in the U.S. Army and directed service teams for three years. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1969, where he played basketball under Bob Knight. Helen Catholic School in Ukrainian Village, Chicago and, later, Archbishop Weber High School in Chicago, a Catholic prep school for boys. Raised as a Catholic, Krzyzewski attended St. Krzyzewski was born in Chicago, the son of Polish American parents Emily M. John's, 77–68, again at Madison Square Garden, as Krzyzewski became the first Division I men's coach to reach 1,000 wins. Krzyzewski's 903rd victory set a new record, breaking that held by his former coach, Bob Knight. 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. He is a two-time inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2001 for his individual coaching career and in 2010 as part of the collective induction of the 'Dream Team.' 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'). From 1975 to 1980, he was the head coach for his alma mater.

Krzyzewski was a point guard at Army from 1966 to 1969 under coach Bob Knight.

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 has also coached the United States national team, which he has led to three gold medals at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympics. Krzyzewski is widely regarded as one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all time. Among men's college basketball coaches, only UCLA's John Wooden has won more NCAA championships, with a total of ten. 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 Fours (the most of any coach), 15 ACC tournament championships, and 13 ACC regular season titles. Michael William Krzyzewski ( US pronunciation / ʃ ɪ ˈ ʒ ɛ f s k i/ shih- ZHEF-skee born February 13, 1947), nicknamed ' Coach K', is an American former college basketball coach.

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