Legendary college basketball coaches Bob Knight and John Thompson Jr. will sit down for in-depth one-on-one interviews with Duke Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski on the next edition of Krzyzewski’s SIRIUS XM Radio show Basketball and Beyond with Coach K.  The weekly program airs tomorrow, March 24 (8:00 pm ET), on Mad Dog Radio, SIRIUS channel 123 and XM channel 144.

The three Hall of Fame coaches, who together have seven National Championships, 2362 NCAA Division I victories and more than 100 years of head coaching experience, will discuss this year’s tournament and the past, present and future of college basketball.

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An iPhone App featuring legendary basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski was launched today in the App Store and www.coachkapp.com.  The Coach K App utilizes innovative multi-touch controls that immerse the player into an exciting series of races against multiple artificial intelligence opponents.  The game includes three levels of competition with stops in New York City, China and Durham, North Carolina, home to Coach K’s Duke Blue Devils.

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Noblesse oblige.

Two words seem a preposterous start. Two words, French at that, to begin unveiling basketball’s most famous active coach, a hard-boiled, military-trained CEO addicted to the privileges, rewards and burdens of leadership.

Noblesse oblige. Nobility obliges.

A priest turns the phrase regarding Mike Krzyzewski, and the theme echoes from former players, a business-school professor and in the experience of a visiting cancer patient.

Indeed, Krzyzewski himself voices the sentiment as he reflects on his 30 seasons at Duke and explains why, at age 63 and with every accolade possible, he maintains a withering pace that continues at this week’s ACC tournament, where his Blue Devils are the top seeds.

“It’s one of the reasons I keep coaching,” Krzyzewski says, “because … I love to be able to have an influence, a positive influence. And I don’t care if anyone knows about it.

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