Give Coach K the kids he wants and look out. College basketball's ultimate team builder has been molding diverse groups of players into elite squads at Duke for four decades, writes Rosenberg_Mike
Give Mike Krzyzewski the kids he wants and look out. After a rough patch at the start of his tenure, he has been molding diverse groups of players into elite squads at Duke for four decades.Chip Engelland has pulled off a rare basketball double: He has won with Gregg Popovich and lost with Mike Krzyzewski. Engelland has been a Spurs assistant under Pop for 17 years, winning two championships and establishing himself as one of the best shooting coaches in the world.
There are many ways to illustrate Krzyzewski’s achievements. Five national titles. Twelve Final Fours. Almost 1,200 wins, more than any coach in Division I history. But this might explain him best: In Krzyzewski’s 41 years at Durham , the Blue Devils have missed just five NCAA tournaments. One was in 1994–95, when Krzyzewski took a leave of absence because of back surgery and the team, which started 9–3, fell apart.
Krzyzewski had a different connection with that 1982 recruiting class, which featured Johnny Dawkins, Mark Alarie and Jay Bilas. It wasn’t favoritism. The bond was genuine: “We’re probably, early on, not as comfortable with him,” Engelland says. “He’s getting to know us on the fly. When you’ve been in everybody’s living room when they’re in high school, there’s a closeness there.”
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