Report: Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski Set To Retire After Coming Season
Jun 2, 2021, 11:24 AM | Updated: 11:28 am
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - MARCH 07: Head coach Mike Krzyzewski of the Duke Blue Devils reacts during the second half of their game against the North Carolina Tar Heels at Cameron Indoor Stadium on March 07, 2020 in Durham, North Carolina. Duke won 89-76. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
(Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – According to multiple reports, college basketball and Duke coaching legend Mike Krzyzewski is set to retire after the coming season.
Krzyzewski, lovingly known as Coach K, has served as the head coach at Duke since 1980.
No coach in Division I men’s basketball history has won more games than Coach K’s 1,157. He lead Duke to five National Championships and a record 35 NCAA Tournament bids by a single coach.
BREAKING: Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski has decided to retire after this coming season, multiple sources told @stadium. Official announcement expected soon.
The leading candidate to replace K is assistant and former Duke player Jon Scheyer.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) June 2, 2021
He is also an 11-time Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. Men’s basketball team as a head or assistant coach.
Coach K’s list of accomplishments goes on forever, as will his impact on the sport of college basketball.
Krzyzewski, born in Chicago, is currently 74-years-old.
As @GoodmanHoops is reporting, Mike Krzyzewski plans to retire after the 2021-2022 season. Krzyzewski is finalizing a search process with university officials to name Duke's associate head coach Jon Scheyer as the coach-in-waiting, sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 2, 2021
According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Krzyzewski and Duke officials are finalizing a move to name Jon Scheyer as the coach in waiting. Scheyer is currently Duke’s associate head coach.
