Coach K : the rise and reign of Mike Krzyzewski / Ian O'Connor.
"The definitive biography of college basketball's all-time winningest coach, Mike Krzyzewski. Mike Krzyzewski, known worldwide as "Coach K," is a five-time national champion at Duke, the NCAA's all-time leader in victories with nearly 1,200, and the first man to lead Team USA to three Olympic basketball gold medals. Through unprecedented access to Krzyzewski's best friends, closest advisers, fiercest adversaries, and generations of his players and assistants, three-time New York Times bestselling author Ian O'Connor takes you behind the Blue Devil curtain with a penetrating examination of the great, but flawed leader as he closes out his iconic career. Krzyzewski built a staggering basketball empire that has endured for more than four decades, placing him among the all-time titans of American sport, and yet there has never been a defining portrait of the coach and his program. Until now. O'Connor uses scores of interviews with those who know Krzyzewski best to deliver previously untold stories about the relationships that define the venerable Coach K, including the one with his volcanic mentor, Bob Knight, that died a premature death. Krzyzewski was always driven by an inner rage fueled by his tough Chicago upbringing, and by the blue-collar Polish-American parents who raised him to fight for a better life. As the retiring Coach K makes his final stand, vying for one more ring during the 2021-2022 season before saying goodbye at age 75, O'Connor shows you sides of the man and his methods that will surprise even the most dedicated Duke fan." -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780358345404
- ISBN: 0358345405
- Physical Description: 374 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Boston : Mariner Books, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-349) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Columbo -- Coach Knight -- Hoosiers -- Coach K -- Loser -- Saving Coach K -- Can't win the big one -- Conquest -- Duke-Kentucky -- Breakdown -- Agony -- Ecstasy -- Gold -- Leaving Knight behind -- Last stand. |
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Subject: | Krzyzewski, Mike. Duke Blue Devils (Basketball team) Basketball coaches > United States > Biography. |
Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 17 of 19 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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Albright Memorial Library | 92 KRZYZEW (Text) | 50686016154192 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Altoona Area Public Library | 796.323092 OCO (Text) | 33240004942788 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Annie Halenbake Ross Library | B Krz (Text)
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In remembrance of Steve Rickard by Chip and Connie Young
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00152725 | ADULT Biography | Available | - |
Cambria County Library | 796.323 K945O (Text) | 85131001807669 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Carbondale Public Library | 92 KRZYZEW (Text) | 50688010811066 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Dover Area Community Library | Adults Krzyzewski Biography (Text) | 34217000846485 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Gettysburg Library | 796.323 O'CONNOR (Text) | 35740635821895 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Glatfelter Memorial Library | Adults Krzyzewski Biography (Text) | 34216000928681 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Indian Valley Public Library | Biography Krzyzewski (Text) | 39427103654158 | Nonfiction Room: Adult Biography | Available | - |
Knoxville Public Library | 921 KRZ (Text) | 30543003742353 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |