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Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski

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After West Point, he was eventually sent to South Korea as an artillery liaison officer in the Second Infantry Division and commander of the recreational compound. This was a VERY in depth portrayal of the legend of Coach K. When he first started coaching, he was ridiculed and viewed by many as having a brief career, but this gritty leader who was shaped by Bobby Knight ended up being now recognized as the greatest college coach ever (And some question whether he was the greatest coach ever!)! If you are a Duke or Coach K fan, O'Connor's account of Coach K's career at Duke is largely a rehash of things that have been previously reported. One major exception is the behind-the-scenes story of the fracturing of the relationship between Coach K and his mentor, Bobby Knight. There had been previous stories of Knight passing a note to Tommy Amaker to give to Coach K just prior to tip off before Duke played Indiana in the 1992 Final Four. Amaker supposedly read the note and kept it to himself, knowing that it would only upset K. It turns out the note was given to someone else and was ultimately passed along to Krzyzewski, and we learn its contents.

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Ian O'Connor's Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski is a fabulous look into the leader of Duke basketball. I am a grateful recipient of a Duke graduate school degree and even before attending Duke, I was a huge fan of both the men’s and women’s BB programs. Reading Ian O’connor’s biography of Coach K’s life from his days in Chicago to his retirement announcement in 2021 shows the greatness and the weakness of all leaders. My respect for the man and all that he tried to do, his passion to win games, devotion to his family, and his unrelenting drive to be the best at his craft is inspiring for anyone on a quest for excellence in any area of life. the most stressful thing about the bear s2 so far is the number of times i have been forced to look at coach k's face against my will Coach K" is a workman-like account of Mike Krzyzewski's career, timed to cash in on his imminent retirement. O'Connor draws heavily from real-time reportage as well as interviews with Coach K's friends, players, assistant coaches, opposing coaches, and unnamed sources, the latter who tend to predominate the end of the book. (Coach K did not participate, though he did not discourage people from talking to O'Connor.) It appears that O'Connor had particularly good access to Krzyzewski's inner circle prior to his Duke days because he provides a fairly vivid and rounded account of Coach K's life up to 1980, the year he took over at Duke.

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Coach K" glosses over the last 15 years or so of Krzyzewski's career at Duke. By that time, Coach K had largely walled himself from access to anyone outside his family and close circle of friends, leaving O'Connor to repeat what is generally available from public reportage. Of greater interest to O'Connor is Coach K's tenure as Olympic basketball coach from 2006 to 2016. While he credits K with masterful handling of NBA superstar personalities, he also gives voice to critics who claim that Krzyzewski used the Olympic position to help recruiting. O'Connor fails to note that there was a significant downturn in Duke recruiting for the first four years of K's Olympic tenure. This year marks Coach K’s last on the Duke bench. He’s walking away after the season, heading into a retirement that his family undoubtedly thinks is long overdue. It’s interesting to think about what a guy with this kind of competitive fire will do without that outlet; who can say what he’ll do next? Officials at Duke wanted to hire former Blue Devils star Tommy Amaker to replace Mike Krzyzewski after he retires this year, but the coach wanted current associate head coach Jon Scheyer to take the job, according to a new book by author Ian O'Connor due out next week. Listen, Coach K is a legend and a fascinating guy (I met him when I was a fellow at Duke, where he is basically God, and I was impressed and intrigued), but a biography that mainly hypes him up does not do justice to this complex character. O'Connor has collected tons of info on the man, but it builds up to a basketball hagiography. What makes Coach K truly larger than life though are his weaknesses and how he fought them - plus, questioning your subject critically always renders a text more interesting. I'll definitely seek out the updated chapter on Duke's 2021-22 basketball season once it's published.

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Mike Krzyzewski is portrayed as a real human being. If you’re looking for fluff, feel good pieces, you’ll find some of that; but the other side to Coach K is also shown, and it’s not always a pretty picture. Without a doubt, as a reader, I felt I got the good, the bad, and the ugly. I'm relieved I won't have to type the name again, though Connor includes some actual mispronounciations and misspellings before he was a household name, and those amused me***) The Duke Chronicle Publishes ‘Coach K: The King of Cameron’ to Document Mike Krzyzewski’s Career | Duke Today Ian O'Connor's book covers Coach K basically from birth through his announcement that this is his last season. I've stayed up late, exhausted, and pushed myself to finish it before the game tonight. The book isn't very good and if Duke loses tonight it would have been anticlimactic to keep going yet I probably wouldn't have DNF'd it, still hoping for some fascinating revelation which would never come. One of the fundamental truths that O’Connor teases out is the fact that there is a high cost to high achievement. And to reach these heights – 12 Final Fours and five NCAA titles, three Olympic championships – the cost is that much higher. The toll it takes on one’s health – physical and emotional – is significant. And yet, Coach K soldiers on.This is cool: I realized from the tales of Coach K’s West Point squads that I actually saw Coach K’s first Army team play. Army came to Knoxville, Tennessee for the old Volunteer Classic tournament. I remember that tournament well. The good news is that I got to see a legendary coach do his thing long before he became a legend. The bad news is that since this game was played forty-five years ago, I am therefore old. This is a good biography of Coach K by Ian O'Connor. If you want to know more about Coach K and how he got to be where he is, this is a good book with lots of anecdotes and the behind the scene stories which show how he really is.

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