MIKE KRZYZEWSKI "COACH K"

Head Men's Basketball Coach, Duke University (1980 – 2022)

Passionate, dynamic, inspiring, and coach of Duke University men’s basketball team who led Team USA to three Olympic gold medals, Mike Krzyzewski (known as Coach K) is a master innovator—not only of teams, but of individuals and organizations, spurring them on to succeed beyond their own expectations. Coach K maps out a clear game plan for achieving success through motivating, leading, and providing powerful strategies for building confidence, trust, communication, and teamwork. Perhaps the most accomplished basketball coach in history, Coach K journey has been marked with numerous honors, including the most NCAA Division 1 victories (1,202), most Final Fours (13; five NCAA Championships, second all-time), most Olympic gold medals as head coach (3; 2008, 2012, and 2016), and many more. He is the author of two New York Times best-sellers, and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In addition to being a Co-Founder of the Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics, Krzyzewski serves as a Professor of the Practice of Leadership at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke.

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