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Date of Birth
Mike Krzyewski, born on Feburary 13, 1947 to Polish-Americans William and Emily Krzyzewski in Chicago, Illinois -
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Mike Kryzewski's Life
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Rebuilding Duke Blue Devils
On March 18, 1980, Krzyzewski was named the head coach at Duke University after five seasons at Army. After a few rebuilding season he turned Duke University around. -
Mike Krzyzewski's Playbook
Mike Krzyzewski's playbook is famous because of his technical skills -
Mike Krzyzewski the disseminator
Mike Krzyzewski met with the Los Angeles Lakers to see if Mike wants to be the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. -
Mike Krzyzewski's awards and achievements
On April 7th, 2010 Mike Krzyzewski and Duke University won their fourth National Championship. -
USA team roster assembled
On May 21, 2012 Mike Krzyzewski slected the 12 man roster for the 2012 London Summer Olympics USA basketball team. -
USA Roster Organized
Mike Krzyzewski organized the USA team roster into the statres, role players, bench, etc. -
Team USA vs Argentina
Carmelo Anthony took a cheap shot to his groin from Facundo Campazzo of Argentina and Mike Kryzewski handled his guys not letting them fight against Argentina. -
Rebuilding
Mike Krzyzewski retired form his USA Basketball career with a gold medal but, he still needs to rebuild the coaching staff for further olympics. -
Mike Kyzyzewski achievements
Krzyzewski has led the Blue Devils to four NCAA Championships, 11 Final Fours, 12 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) regular season titles, and 13 ACC Tournament championships. Krzyzewski is also the coach of the United States men's national basketball team, whom he led to two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. He was the head coach of the American team that won the gold medal at the 2010 FIBA World Championship. He was also an assistant coach on the 1992 "Dream Team" -
Mike Krzyzewski's Quotes
A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That's how I want you to play is one of Mike Krzyzewski -
Mike Krzyzewski the entrepreneur
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. Those are all the NBA chances he has got till now. -
NCAA Championships
Mike Krzyzewski won four NCAA Championships with Duke till now and there was no way he could win that many without having teamate chemistry. -
Figurehead
Mike Krzyzewski has een in the press a lot since he is one of the best coaches in sports history. -
Negotiator
Mike Krzyzewski recruited a lot of NBA players including Austin Rivers, Kyrie Earvig, and Luol Deng
