Duke University VS University of North Carolina Pictures According to Visual China
After losing to North Carolina, Duke University’s “Old K Coach” Mike Krzyzewski (Mike Krzyzewski) will end his 42-year legendary coaching career. The not-so-perfect ending is just a hint of regret left after the splendor and brilliance of youth...
Encountering Bole when he was a player
Entering the military academy to start his coaching career
Mike Krzyzewski, who was raised Catholic, attended Archbishop Weber High School in Chicago. After leading the Chicago Catholic League in scoring for two consecutive years, Krzyzewski entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, where he met legendary coach Bob Knight, the star of his basketball career. Coached by Bob Knight, Krzyzewski served as team captain during his senior season and led the team to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Mike Krzyzewski according to IC photo
After graduation, Krzyzewski went to serve in the U.S. Army. In 1974, after serving for three years, he resigned as the basketball coach of the Army Service Corps and accepted the invitation of his mentor Bob Knight to go to Indiana as an assistant coach. After one year coaching at Indiana, Krzyzewski returned to West Point as the head coach of the Army men's basketball team. Over the next five seasons, he led the team to a 73-59 record and a National Invitation Tournament (NIT) berth. In 1980, under the strong recommendation of Bob Knight, Krzyzewski officially joined Duke University and became the head coach of the Blue Devils, thus beginning his 42-year college coaching career.
In 2011, Krzyzewski broke Bob Knight’s record for the most wins in the First Division. In an interview, he talked about the kindness of his mentor Bob Knight to him. and leadership skills learned from Bob Knight and the United States Military Academy.
Stick with the Blue Devils for 42 years
Become the best college coach in history
After Krzyzewski joined the Duke men’s basketball team, due to various reasons such as coaching qualifications and school funds, Krzyzewski joined the Duke men’s basketball team. , Duke failed to recruit potential new stars from 1981 to 1983, and its total record in the two seasons was only 21 wins and 34 losses. Krzyzewski, who was in danger of losing his position, went to great lengths to combine the military style he learned at West Point with the experience he learned as an assistant at Indiana University to create a special training method that was as intense as a military camp. Such training Get miraculous results. In the 1983-84 season, under the leadership of Krzyzewski, the Duke Blue Devils entered the NCAA tournament with a record of 24 wins and 10 losses. In the next 11 seasons, he achieved more than 20 wins and a spot in the NCAA tournament.
Krzyzewski led the Blue Devils to five consecutive Final Four appearances from 1988 to 1992, including Duke's first two national championships (two consecutive championships in 1991 and 1992). . The Blue Devils, which won the championship in 1992, set a new American College Basketball League record with a record of 34 wins and 2 losses. The title of "Old Coach K" also became famous in the game after Krzyzewski held two championship trophies.
Mike Krzyzewski and his players according to IC photo
The team’s recruitment work is not progressing well and “Old Coach K”’s back surgery and other injury problems have made After winning two consecutive championships, Duke University experienced a seven-year trough and reconstruction period. In 2001, "Old Coach K" was officially inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, which symbolizes the highest honor in world basketball. Led by a Hall of Fame coach, the Duke Blue Devils finally returned to the NCAA tournament finals and defeated the University of Arizona to win their third championship.
On November 16, 2011, "Old Coach K" led Duke University to defeat Michigan State University 74-69 and achieved the 903rd victory of his NCAA coaching career. He officially surpassed his mentor Bob Knight and became the first-level college basketball league. Coach with the highest winning percentage in history.
On January 26, 2015, Duke University defeated St. John's University 77-68 at Madison Square Garden, winning the 1,000th coaching victory for "Old Coach K" and becoming an American college men's coach. The first Qian Sheng coach in the basketball world. This season, Duke, under the leadership of "Old Coach K", won its fifth national championship with a record of 35 wins and 4 losses. The legendary coach, after winning his fifth national title, is widely considered one of the greatest coaches in basketball history. The greatness of "Old Coach K" is not only his dominance in the college arena, but also his leadership of the US men's basketball team in the international arena.
Never coached in the NBA
But saved the U.S. men’s basketball team at a low point
In the 2002 World Championship and the 2004 Olympic Games, the U.S. men’s basketball team won two consecutive championships in the world The loss of the competition is lamentable. Has American basketball fallen from the altar? Against the boos of the crowd, the American Basketball Association pushed Jerry Colangelo, who had been a manager in the NBA for many years, to the position of rebuilding the glory of the national team. After a long period of investigation, Colangelo decided to hire his fellow Chicagoan and Duke University's meritorious coach "Old Coach K" as the head coach of the national team. If choosing a college coach to coach a team composed of top NBA stars was a bold risk, Colangelo's gamble has paid off.
After taking over the coaching staff of Larry Brown to coach the U.S. Olympic team, "Old Coach K" carried out drastic reforms in the team selection model, ending the years of temporary pre-match team selection in the United States. practices. He required players who entered the U.S. team to devote themselves to long-term preparations for the national team. After the poor performance of the U.S. team in the 2002 World Championships and 2004 Olympic Games, "Old Coach K" also began to reform the cultural atmosphere of the team, trying to make the players familiar with each other as much as possible and turn the team into a team. A strong team with more team spirit.
Mike Krzyzewski led the U.S. men's basketball team to win three consecutive Olympic championships. Pictures from Visual China
Although "Old Coach K" did not directly coach an NBA team, he worked with The NBA is inextricably linked. After coaching Duke for many years, he has provided the NBA with a large number of powerful players such as Shane Battier, Kyrie Irving and Brandon Ingram. Such a strong appeal also allowed "Old Coach K" to pull his best player, Kobe Bryant, into the team during the 2008 Beijing Olympics cycle. Coach K even said that famous saying, "Now, our best player is here." He led a group of NBA superstars in the 2008 Beijing Olympics to challenge for the Olympic championship. Facing Spain's late counterattack in the final, Kobe ended the suspense of the game with a "3 1" and completed the redemption of the Dream Team with "Old Coach K".
On September 13, 2010, the American Men’s Basketball Dream Team led by “Old Coach K” won the World Championship, returning to the top of the World Men’s Basketball Championship after 16 years. Reached the highest peak of his personal national team coaching career. In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2012 London Olympics, and the 2016 Rio Olympics, "Old Coach K" led the team to win three consecutive Olympic championships. After coaching the US team for ten years, "Old Coach K" has a proud record of 75 wins and 1 loss.
On October 23, 2015, Jerry Colangelo, President of the USA Basketball Association, officially announced that from 2017 to 2020, Mike Shashevs would serve as the special adviser to the US Men’s Basketball Team and would no longer serve as a special advisor. As head coach of USA Basketball, the position was taken over by Gregg Popovich.
Talking about passing the coach of the US team to Spurs coach Popovich, "Old Coach K" said, "We have the same military background and believe in the same creed. There will always be someone to take his place. All I need to do is let the organization The people inside me will become better, and then I will do whatever is necessary to make those who are behind me better than me."
Farewell to the Arena
The passionate youth of the legendary coach. Leaving romantic regrets
In June 2021, the legendary coach who holds multiple world championships and 5 national college championships announced that he will officially retire after the 2021-22 season. Compared with 2016 After retiring from the national team after the Rio Olympics, "Old Coach K" officially announced his retirement this time as his final farewell to the arena where he has competed for 42 years.
In Mike Krzyzewski's home finale, the team held a tribute ceremony for him. According to IC photo
After "Old Coach K" decided to retire at the end of the season, The average ticket price for Duke University has reached US$5,307 (equivalent to approximately RMB 33,746). According to statistics, the average ticket price of any NBA game after 2010 has exceeded this figure. Even if we zoom into the entire North American sports circle, the average ticket price of only three Super Bowl games is higher than this number. This is the face of coach Qian Sheng. The 80-year-old "Old Coach K" felt the cheers and admiration from all over the world in his last season.
Although he finally fell in front of the final, the passionate youth of this legendary coach with more than 1,000 wins will inevitably leave a trace of "bloody romantic regret"... When people recall it many years later Thinking of this coach and this semi-final, you may remember this arena and this wonderful life journey.
Editor Ou Peng
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