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Mike Krzyzewski
Michael William Krzyzewski
( ; nicknamed "
Coach K
"; born February 13, 1947) is an American
college basketball
coach and former player. Since 1980, he has served as the head men's basketball coach at
Duke University
, having taken over the program from
Bill Foster
. At Duke, Krzyzewski has led the
Blue Devils
to five
NCAA Championships
, 12 Final Fours, 12
ACC regular season
titles, and 13
ACC Tournament
championships. Krzyzewski is also the coach of the
United States men's national basketball team
, whom he led to two
gold medals
at the
2008 Summer Olympics
and
2012 Summer Olympics
. He was the head coach of the American team that won the gold medals at the
2010 FIBA World Championship
and the
2014 FIBA World Championship
. He was also an assistant coach for the
1992 "Dream Team"
.
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