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Mike Krzyzewski

1947 - Today

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Michael William Krzyzewski (US: shizh-EF-skee, Polish: [kʂɨˈʐɛfskʲi]; born February 13, 1947), nicknamed "Coach K", is an American former college basketball coach. He served as the head coach at Duke University from 1980 to 2022, during which he led the Blue Devils to five national titles, 13 Final Four appearances, 15 ACC tournament championships, and 13 ACC regular season titles. Among men's college basketball coaches, only UCLA's John Wooden has won more NCAA championships (10). Krzyzewski is widely regarded as one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mike Krzyzewski is the 227th most popular basketball player (down from 109th in 2019), the 10,069th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,317th in 2019) and the 129th most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Mike Krzyzewski ranks 227 out of 1,757. Before him are Zoran Savić, Gennadi Volnov, Gail Goodrich, Miloš Teodosić, Chris Finch, and Maigonis Valdmanis. After him are Sabit Hadžić, Carl Shy, Dwyane Wade, Detlef Schrempf, Kenny Anderson, and Cliff Barker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Mike Krzyzewski ranks 728. Before him are Dieter Riedel, Jeanne Shaheen, Kinga Göncz, Enrique Chazarreta, Tanith Lee, and Dave Arneson. After him are Yulia Ryabchinskaya, Cemil Turan, Peter Nogly, Elena Solovey, Arantxa Urretabizkaia, and Rajko Đurić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mike Krzyzewski ranks 10,071 out of 20,380. Before him are Bertrand Halperin (1941), Willard Scott (1934), Henry Vestine (1944), Jami Gertz (1965), Christopher Young (1958), and David Filo (1966). After him are Gregory Sierra (1937), Elizabeth Reaser (1975), Tom Price (1933), Jim Montgomery (1955), Jim Risch (1943), and Sean Murray (1977).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Mike Krzyzewski ranks 129. Before him are Hal Greer (1936), Chris Paul (1985), Rick Carlisle (1959), Tom Heinsohn (1934), Gail Goodrich (1943), and Chris Finch (1969). After him are Carl Shy (1908), Dwyane Wade (1982), Kenny Anderson (1970), Cliff Barker (1921), Jason Kidd (1973), and Earl Monroe (1944).

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