Ahead Of Mike Krzyzewski Coaching Final Home Game As Duke Host North Carolina Saturday I Asked Stephen Wiseman Of The News & Observer If This Is Like Any Other Week For Him Covering Duke?
As the Head Coach of the Duke Men’s Basketball Program Mike Krzyzewski has won Five national championships (1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015)
Six gold medals as head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team
Nine National Players of the Year (11 honors)
Six National Defensive Players of the Year (nine honors)
10 consecutive top-10 AP poll finishes (1997-06)
12 National Coach of the Year honors (eight seasons)
12 Final Four appearances (tied for most in NCAA history)
12 ACC regular season championships
15 ACC Tournament championships (most in league history)
28 NBA Lottery picks (most in Draft history)
35 NCAA Tournament bids (most by one coach)
37 All-America selections (51 honors)
67 ACC Tournament wins (most in league history)
68 NBA Draft selections, including 42 first-round picks
97 NCAA Tournament wins (most in NCAA history)
126 weeks ranked No. 1 in the AP poll (most by a coach in poll history)
517 ACC wins (most in league history)
556 weeks ranked in the top 10 of the AP poll (most by a coach in poll history)
649 weeks ranked in the AP poll (most by a coach in poll history)
1,097 victories at Duke (most in NCAA history at one school)
1,170 career wins (most in NCAA history)
“according to his biography on goduke.com”
Ahead of Mike Krzyzewski coaching final home game as Duke host North Carolina Saturday I Stephen Wiseman who covers Duke for the News & Observer and asked if this is like any other week for him covering Duke?
His response?
An historic event is going to happen on Saturday so we have a sense of journalistic duty to chronicle it as fairly, accurately and completely as possible. Of course, this is a continuation of our work over the last nine months since Coach K announced his retirement plan. But we are really approaching the end of what's been one of the all-time great coaching careers in any sport. There's a finality in the air. Saturday night will be emotional for many in the Duke family and we want to tell that story as best we can.