Mike Krzyzewski

Making his first appearance on a USA bench in 1979, Hall of Fame basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski has manned the sidelines for the United States off and on for 34 years now.

In that time, he has done it all. Since 1979 he has been involved as a coach with 13 USA teams and has helped lead the U.S. to nine gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals.

In his seven years (2006-2012) as head mentor of the USA Basketball National Team, he has compiled an amazing 62-1 win-loss record (.984 winning percentage), while capturing four gold medals and one bronze medal.

Krzyzewski is the only USA Basketball men's coach to have won gold at the Olympics and the FIBA World Championship, while also possessing an NCAA Championship. By leading the U.S. to gold in London in the 2012 Olympics, he became only the second coach in Olympic history to win back-to-back gold medals (Henry Iba did it in the 1964 and 1968 Olympics).

On July 21, 2009, USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo announced that Coach K was returning as head coach of the USA Men's National Team program for a second quadrennium.

In the two FIBA competitions the United States sent its national teams to compete in, Coach K's squads won the 2010 FIBA World Championship and 2012 Olympic Games, compiling flawless 9-0 and 8-0 records, respectively. Additionally, the USA National teams compiled 9-0 mark in exhibition games. All totaled, Coach Krzyzewski's USA teams compiled a stellar 26-0 record in 2009-12.

The golden 2012 U.S. Olympic Team featured five members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team - Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Chris Paul and Deron Williams; five members of the 2010 USA World Championship Team - Tyson Chandler, Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodala, Kevin Love and Russell Westbrook; and two USA National Team newcomers – Anthony Davis and James Harden. In capturing the London Olympics title, the U.S. averaged 115.5 points a game in its eight outings, and owned an average margin of victory of 28.1 point a game.

During the USA National Team's 2012 tour, Coach K and his staff directed the team to a 5-0 record, recording wins over Dominican Republic, Brazil, Great Britain, Argentina and Spain.

For his efforts, Coach K was selected USA Basketball’s 2012 Co-National Coach of the Year Award recipient. Having also been named the USA Basketball National Coach of the Year in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010, Krzyzewski is the only five-time recipient in the history of the award.

The 2009-10 year was a remarkable one for Coach K. He directed his Duke Blue Devils to a fourth NCAA National Championship, then in the summer led the USA men to their first FIBA World Championship gold medal since 1994.

Without any 2008 Olympians on the 2010 U.S. roster and featuring six players under the age of 22, Krzyzewski led the U.S. to a perfect 9-0 record at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Istanbul, Turkey. Relying on depth and defense, he got the best out of his team as the USA won its nine games by an average of 24.6 points per contest. Holding teams to just 38.1 percent shooting, the U.S. defense allowed its opponents an average of just 68.2 points per game.

Krzyzewski also led the 2010 USA Men's National Team to a 4-0 exhibition record prior to the World Championship, recording wins over Spain, Greece, France and Lithuania.

During the three-year period between 2006 and 2008 when Krzyzewski was at the helm of the USA Basketball Men's National Team, his squads compiled a striking 36-1 overall win-loss record and just as importantly reestablished the USA team and its members as positive ambassadors for the United States and the sport.

The USA squad culminated the 2005-2008 quadrennium by finishing 8-0 and reclaiming the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the USA's first gold in a major international competition since 2000. The USA also won gold at the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship with a 10-0 record to qualify the U.S. men for the 2008 Olympic Games. In the program's first year, the U.S. captured the bronze medal with an 8-1 record at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan.

In announcing the return of Coach K and his coaching staff for 2010-12, USA Basketball chairman and National Team managing director Jerry Colangelo said, “When you have a good thing going you don't mess with it. We accomplished a great deal last quadrennium and we want to keep the ball rolling in the right direction.”

“It was a huge honor to be selected as the USA National Team coach the first time. It is still a huge honor. The experience of being the head coach of the USA National Team for three summers was the best experience I've ever had in coaching" said Krzyzewski.

“It is amazing that Jim, Mike and Nate would do this again. For the past three years, we've handled the staff as if we're all co-coaches. That is how we'll handle it again. We've all taken ownership, we've loved being together and most of all, we've loved representing our country. What a great statement for continuity that our coaching staff will remain in place until 2012.”

Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Army Sports Hall of Fame in 2009, the 65-year-old Krzyzewski has a remarkable record of achievement at Duke University while also boasting of extensive international experience.

Selected the National Collegiate Coach of the Year 12 times in eight different seasons, Coach K has averaged 26.7 wins per season during his 32-year career at Duke and posted 12 30-win seasons, including 30 or more victories in nine of the past 14 years. Krzyzewski's 12 30-win seasons are the most in college basketball history.

Krzyzewski owns an dazzling 927-290 career record and a remarkable 76.2 winning percentage in his 37 years (1975-76-2011-12) of collegiate coaching. In 32 seasons at the Durham campus, he has logged a spectacular record of 854-231 for a striking 78.7 winning percentage.

He currently ranks first all-time among NCAA Division I coaches in career victories.

Under Krzyzewski, Duke has captured four national championships (1991, 1992, 2001 and 2010) which lists him tied for second for the most titles in NCAA Division I history. He has directed teams to 11 Final Fours which ranks tied for second most by any coach in NCAA history, trailing only legendary UCLA mentor John Wooden by one. Krzyzewski’s 79 NCAA victories stands as the all-time record, and his 103 NCAA Tournament games is also an NCAA all-time best. Owning an amazing 76.7 winning percentage in NCAA Tournament games, he ranks only behind legend John Wooden (47-10 / .825 winning percentage) in all-time winning percentage (minimum of 40 NCAA games), while ranking highest among active coaches.

Duke teams under Krzyzewski have earned 27 NCAA Tournament bids, including 17 consecutive; claimed 12 ACC regular season and 13 ACC Tournament championships; compiled 854 total victories, 335 ACC regular season wins and 79 NCAA Tournament victories.

His players have earned National Player of the Year honors nine times, claimed National Defensive Player of the Year honors nine times, and been named All-American 35 times. Forty of his players have been NBA Draft selections (through 2009 NBA Draft), including 21 first rounders and 15 NBA Lottery picks.

Krzyzewski's back-to-back NCAA titles in 1991 and 1992 make him the only coach since UCLA's John Wooden to repeat as national champions. Additionally, he moved ahead of Wooden to rank first on the chart of coaches who have led their respective schools to a number one national ranking in 13 different seasons.

Krzyzewski attended the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., and while there lettered three years in basketball (1967, 1968 and 1969) and was captain of Army's 1969 NIT fourth place finishing team.

From 1969-74, Krzyzewski served his country. He directed service teams for three years and then followed that up with two years as head coach of the U.S. Military Academy Prep School in Belvoir, Va. In 1974, he resigned from the Army having attained the rank of Captain.

When Krzyzewski was just 26, Bob Knight, his former coach at Army, hired him as a graduate assistant at Indiana University. That 1975 IU squad posted an 18-0 Big Ten Conference mark and an overall 31-1 record.

Accepting the head coaching position at his alma mater following his season at IU, Krzyzewski spent five years (1975-76 through 1979-80) building the West Point program and led the Cadets to one NIT berth, one ECAC playoff appearance and a five-year record of 73-59.

Krzyzewski also boasts of a long resume of international basketball coaching experience. A member of 16 USA coaching staffs, Coach K led teams have compiled a 116-7 overall mark for an 94.3 winning percentage, and in the 12 international competitions Krzyzewski has been involved in, those USA teams have captured eight gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals.

Getting his start in 1979 as an assistant to Knight with the USA Pan American Games team that finished 9-0 and in possession of the gold medal, in 1983 he directed the U.S. Olympic Festival South squad to the gold medal with a 3-1 record. Krzyzewski served as an assistant coach at the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team Trials and was a special assistant with the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team that won gold and finished 8-0. Head coach of the 1987 USA World University Games Team, Krzyzewski's crew finished 7-1 to claim the silver medal. Head coach in 1990 of the USA Goodwill Games and FIBA World Championship teams, Coach K led the American collegians to a silver medal in the Goodwill Games and to a 6-2 bronze medal placing in the Worlds. Krzyzewski was selected an assistant coach for the historic 1992 U.S. Olympic Team that finished 6-0 in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament and less than a month later rolled to an 8-0 record and captured Olympic gold in Barcelona, Spain.

Krzyzewski has also been extensively involved in USA Basketball's selection committees. He was a member of USA Basketball's 1989-92 Games Committee for Men, and the 1989-92 Men's Olympic Team Subset and 1989-92 Men's National Team Subset. He served as chairman of the 1993-96 USA Basketball Select Team Committee and was part of the 1997-2000 USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team Committee.

He and his wife, Mickie, have three daughters: Debbie, Lindy, Jamie, and five grandchildren.

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