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Coach k press conference1/8/2024 ![]() ![]() It’s hard to believe where his journey took him and us. In 1980 though, he was unknown and a bit nervous. We can’t tell for sure because the video is a bit grainy, but we’re pretty sure that the reporter leaning against the door frame is the late Al Featherston.īut listen to what he says. In March 1980, in his introductory press conference as the men’s basketball head coach at Duke, a 33-year-old Mike Krzyzewski was asked by a reporter to confirm the spelling of his last. Butters is just sitting behind him in a chair. So on March 18, Butters introduced Coach K to the world.įor one, he’s not buying suits off the rack these days which he clearly did when Duke started him off at $40,000 a year.įor another, check out the intimacy of the room. He had talked to Bob Knight, who vigorously recommended Krzyzewski (“he has all of my good qualities and none of my bad”) and when he asked Virginia coach Terry Holland for his opinion, Holland said it would be a brilliant move. The Duke Chronicle’s headline was something like “This Is Not A Joke.” And many people were quick to point out that he came to Duke after at 9-17 season at Army.īut Butters knew what he was doing. Tom Butters, after an extensive if autocratic search, settled on Krzyzewski, people were dumbfounded. Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim and players Jimmy Boeheim and Buddy Boeheim spoke to the media following the Orange's 88-79 loss to Duke in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals. It was clear though that he had become unhappy at Duke and widely understood that he would, in a major miscalculation, take the South Carolina job. The Miracle on Ice had happened in Lake Placid in February.Īnd Mike Krzyzewski was being introduced as Duke’s new head coach.īill Foster had taken Duke to the 1978 title game and to the Elite Eight just a few weeks before Coach K was introduced. Pope John Paul II was two years into his historic papacy. Head Coach Mike Krzyzewskis press conference on Thursday to preview Saturdays Duke-North Carolina game will air live on ACC Network Extra at 1:15 p.m. Scratch that - Jimmy Carter was still in office. ![]() (team).March 18th, 1980 was a long time ago. There wouldn’t be 42 years at Duke and 11 years with the U.S. But if there was not that belief those three times, then there wouldn’t be more national championships. You’re my coach.”Īnd I worked with one of my former (Duke) presidents, Keith Brodie, for four months. I went over to (Butters’) house and resigned, and he said, “I’m not accepting that. And I had some physical and mental health issues where I had to take off for half a year. I came back too soon, and I really burned out. And a lot of people were like, “Get rid of him.” And Tom said, “Hell no!” Then, the next year we made a jump and won 24 games.Īnd during the mid-1990s, after we had gone to seven Final Fours in nine years, I got a back injury. And we lost at the end of our third year to Virginia in the Omni Coliseum 109-66 (which still stands as the worst conference loss in program history). It was called the “Concerned Iron Dukes.” It’s true. And a group of people formed a separate entity from the “Iron Dukes” at Duke. … In our first three years, we were 38-47. MK: The second time was during our first three years. So it wasn’t like I wasn’t in contention for other really good jobs. When I was going for the Duke job, I was offered the Iowa State job. The year before that, I was offered the Vanderbilt job and turned it down. Duke outlasts Texas Tech in Sweet Sixteen matchup as Coach K continues his final tournament run. I actually thought one of our best years was that year. But overall we were 73-59 after taking over a program that was 7-44. We had lost six kids for a bunch of different reasons. Our last year at West Point, we were 9-17. MK: Well, it was a surprise to a lot of people. What else do you remember about that day? The most enduring memory from that day is a reporter asking you to spell your last name. ![]() JEFF SINER Building a program, and a legacy, at DukeĪZ: Five years at Army and then you get introduced as Duke’s head basketball coach. Krzyzewski finished with 1,202 career wins. NEW ORLEANS Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski walked out of his final postgame news conference and hopped onto the back. During his career as the Blue Devils coach he led the team to 13 Final Fours winning five national titles and 15 ACC tournament championships. Coach K's gift to his players after Duke's Final Four loss: Easing their pain. Krzyzewski was the head men’s basketball coach at Duke University for 42 years. BLOOMINGTON For the first time in 13 years, Indiana will conduct a national search for a football coach. Former Duke University men’s head basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski on Saturday, June 3, 2023. ![]()
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