Coach K Leads U.S. To Gold in London

The U.S. men's basketball team defended its title by fighting off another huge challenge from Spain, pulling away in the final minutes for a 107-100 victory on Sunday and its second straight Olympic championship.

903! Coach K Passes Knight on All-Time Wins List

"Coach K" became Division I's winningest coach when No. 6 Duke beat Michigan State 74-69 on Tuesday night in the State Farm Champions Classic. The Blue Devils gave Krzyzewski his 903rd win, breaking the tie with Knight, Krzyzewski's college coach at Army and his mentor throughout his professional career.

National Champs!

The "Big Three" — Singler, Scheyer and Smith — won the Big One for coach Mike Krzyzewski, his first championship since 2001 and the fourth overall.

Coach K to Return to USA Basketball National Team

USA Basketball Chairman Jerry Colangelo today announced that Hall of Fame basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski (Duke University) will return as head coach of the USA Basketball Men’s National Team for the 2013-16 quadrennium. Under Krzyzewski’s coaching, the USA Basketball National Team program during the three-year period between 2006 and 2008 compiled a striking 36-1 overall win-loss record, and just as importantly reestablished the USA National Team and its members as positive ambassadors for the United States and the sport.

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Coach K motivates students to expand their imaginations through reading

More than 200 students from nine middle schools attended a rally at the Wells Fargo IMAX Theatre at Marbles on April 19 to celebrate the fact that they read a combined 23,680 books this school year. They had tracked the number of titles through Ticket to Reading Rewards, an incentive program to encourage independent reading in middle school.

This is the second year WCPSS middle schools have participated in the Ticket to Reading Rewards program, which is sponsored nationally by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Foundation and funded locally by General Parts International/CARQUEST. Duke University head men’s basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski spoke at the rally to commend students for their efforts.

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Coach K Named Recipient of 2013 Dick Enberg Award

Mike Krzyzewski, the winningest coach in the history of NCAA Division I men’s basketball and the longtime Head Coach at Duke University, will be honored as the recipient of the 2013 Dick Enberg Award, presented by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Krzyzewski will receive the award as part of the fourth annual Capital One Academic All-America Hall of Fame Gala on Wednesday, June 12 at CoSIDA’s annual convention in Orlando, Fla., which for the first time will be part of the annual NACDA Convention.

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