2 transfer Max Abmas commits to Texas, LOOK: Unfamiliar photos of Mike Krzyzewski through the years, Five-star prospect Holland decommits from Texas, Longhorns add former Oral Roberts star Max Abmas, Bryant, No. He always looks for a few women because "they're more emotional, and when I talk about those things, they get it. Not our rival: A Maryland fans farewell to Coach K, We gave him absolute hell, Lindy says. Krzyzewski watched Dukes final futile possession from his chair on the elevated court, with his arms crossed against his chest. The speaker must be a person of high achievement but, ideally, not so lofty in manner that no one can connect with him. Jamie enjoys these sociological black holes, along with watching people squirm as they search for their contours. (As at most N.C.A.A. Steve Wiseman has covered Duke athletics since 2010 for the Durham Herald-Sun and Raleigh News & Observer. Lindy says her dad is so compartmentalized that he often doesnt remember many of his on-court eruptions or the fact that he initially wanted even his grandchildren to call him Coach before Mickie and everyone else nixed that. The Army, all boys. He can ask for a little more than some other coaches and demand it more quickly. They're at the Yongsan Army Base Seoul, South Korea. Knight was Krzyzewskis coach at Army from 1966-1969. March 5, 2022. Hes won numerous state-level press association awards. section: | slug: look-unfamiliar-photos-of-mike-krzyzewski-through-the-years | sport: collegebasketball | route: article_single.us | When he retires from coaching following this season, Krzyzewski plans to spend even more time with his clan. These impossibly young Blue Devils gave him a precious going-away gift. Hes somewhat intimidating, and you dont want to do it. (Getty Images. The game does not reward trickery or surprise -- it has no equivalent of the flea-flicker in football or the squeeze play in baseball -- and true innovations (as opposed to rule changes) are so rare that the last great step into the future was the jump shot, popularized by the N.B.A. ", Duke players understand the culture. But both teared up, he continues, and were emotional in that moment in my life.. The deep relationships forged with well-behaved, diploma-earning hoopsters. This was in 1997, not long after Wojo appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Hes an iconic figure, as we know, Chris says. Lindy and her husband, Steve Frasher, live in Durham. Chris also knew Krzyzewski was right about one thing: The Weeper, as the coach nicknamed it over the following years, wasnt just a plant. As a result, many have shown curiosity to know about his family life. Jamie earned her English degree from Duke in 2004 where she also minored in Linguistics. Knight said, 'You know what, Mike, if you want, Ill go over there with you. A strong high school principal might be a big man whose booming voice resounds down corridors, or a small-boned woman who once taught English and barely speaks above a whisper. But he wont be returning to the arena, and that will hurt more than anything. I said to him once, 'You may be better at what you do than anybody I know is at what they do."'. In the American Express commercial, Krzyzewski says, "My life isn't about playing games," but in a literal sense, that's all his career has been about. That jocular one-two punch of ridicule and praise is a distinctly male thing and something that most women would not attempt; Krzyzewski, a master of the form, pulled it off with aplomb. West Point had a huge impact on me because it put me in positions to fail, so I got comfortable with failure being a part of success. They know it before they even arrive. We've received your submission. Duke basketball showed interest, but former Virginia center is transferring elsewhere, Duke football closes spring practice with an eye on Clemson, and a tough ACC slate, The crazy good moment that fostered Coach Ks approach to his final Duke team, Who are the starting five? Meet Coach Ks family and support system. Coach K will have plenty to do at Duke even after his coaching days end. That afternoon's practice was soon to begin, and he told me, with evident glee, that he planned to rip into his players. There are plenty of shots of Coach K from over the years that you've seen. He was also Chriss boss. LOOK: Unfamiliar photos of Mike Krzyzewski through the years (Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images), Krzyzewski with his wife, Mickie, and daughters Debbie, Lindy and Jamie in 1991. So when someone enters the coachs realm with the bold intention of dating one of his daughters, Jamie finds the proceedings highly entertaining. But damn, I was in the arena for a long time. He will praise the sons-in-law who love and dote on his girls as Krzyzewski does, jokingly saying hes a good scout of talent, Jamie says, because he knew Chris had the right stuff even before she did. He placed second in both beat writing and breaking news in the 2019 Associated Press Sports Editors national contest. It was an evergreen, unusual looking, kind of big. It was that bad.. The United States was embarrassed with a bronze-medal finish at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and Krzyzewski was chosen to reclaim the gold. Beyond Krzyzewskis professional stature, Chris had to negotiate anxieties common for any son-in-law. This is a competitive guy, Williams said of Krzyzewski back then. "Absolutely," Frasher says. OConnor details additional rifts in the relationship, including Knights anger that Krzyzewski did not accept his offer to help him scout for Team USA prior to the 2008 Olympics. Abe Lemons, who led college basketball teams in Texas and Oklahoma for a combined 34 seasons, once observed that there were only two plays: "Romeo and Juliet" and Put the Darn Ball in the Basket, by which he meant that basketball (and possibly life itself) was not much about strategy. It was cheesy after-dinner material, vaguely inappropriate -- and utterly effective. (Duke Athletics), One of Duke's first practices under K in 1980. Steve and Lindy Frasher have three children: Sons Quin Frasher (age 15), Remington Frasher (age 12) and Caden Frasher (age 8). It was not until the 1984-85 season, his fifth, that he posted a winning record in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Krzyzewski, 75, also won three Olympic gold medals as coach of the USA men's basketball team. Lindy suspects at least one boy asked her out just to get tickets to a Duke game because he stopped calling after they went to Cameron Indoor Stadium together. Ill scout the other teams. Lindy and Frasher started dating, and he picked up that the safest way to address Krzyzewski is by Coach. Not K, which his daughters hate, and never Mike. Frasher also learned about Krzyzewskis ruthless intensity and self-punishment following a loss. These qualities buttress his status and authority, but they form just one layer, an outer layer. Apr 2, 2022. A few years ago, when a player was feeling sorry for himself, Krzyzewski ended practice and invited players, coaches and support staff to midcourt so everyone could have an actual pity party. "I mathematically modeled problems in finance. (At West Point, when military rules prohibited her from riding on the bus, Mickie followed behind in her car.) His career started seven months after the fall of Saigon in 1975, and ended five weeks after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. And so I played that game with them: Still got the god---- Weeper, huh? We're all about the end of the story, the punch line. A battle for respect, Chris Spatola says. All of this is easy to ridicule because Krzyzewski is, after all, a mere coach -- and in some quarters, especially among rival fans in the bitterly competitive Atlantic Coast Conference, a reviled one. Duke, led by Redick's 41 points, ran Texas right off the court, 97-66. Frasher made his call, got his future father-in-laws blessing, celebrated and began planning with Lindy. Yes, it is impolitic in some circles to suggest that the role of women is to civilize men. Shes talking during an interview on Zoom when, through a window, she notices a vehicle pulling into her driveway. It wasn't even a contest. "Leadership is trying to get them to buy into a team concept, and that's what Mike does so well. Lindy took him to a game and, afterward, into the locker room, where Steve introduced himself to Duke star Steve Wojciechowski. "But it didn't feel motivational. But I don't do things in the way that background probably would predict I should. I have never cheered for Duke harder.. On the other hand, perhaps this particular audience, which listened without a fork or a spoon clinking and without any low hum of conversation, needed to be reminded of this. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Jamies mother was going on about the wooded propertys beauty. Before that, he graduated from the United States Military Academy, where he played basketball. Talking to the M.B.A. students at Fuqua that day, Krzyzewski was typically self-deprecating: "'What the hell did you do during the summer?' Now, they have more time to focus on their philanthropy as they enjoy their downtime post-retirement. I heard him begin a speech to a corporate group by recognizing several friends in the audience, including a renowned knee surgeon who many years ago had operated on his ankle. Steve graduated from Illinois State University in 1989. If a guy does, we call him a blowhard or a know-it-all, so we don't do it. Krzyzewski can be goofy, doubling over in laughter when Frasher makes an easy joke about, say, a blowfish. Not in a workplace, in a family or on a basketball team. To talk to one another. (Duke Athletics), With his daughters, Debbie and Lindy, in the 1990s. The PricewaterhouseCoopers employees suit up in basketball gear and learn a Duke play. I guess they'd been Boy Scouts. They were future C.E.O. Duke held off Indiana 81-78. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/magazine/follow-me.html. Did she comment on matters involving basketball, like how a certain play should be run? In early December I watched Duke's showdown with Texas on TV, a pairing of what were then the two top-ranked teams in the nation. Krzyzewski's early teams at Duke struggled. By that time, I had been to combat. In that moment, on that walkway, Krzyzewski with his five national championships, dozen Final Fours, three Olympic gold medals wasnt a coaching icon who built a basketball dynasty using talent, his own instincts and relentless attention to detail. And these kids made my last time in the arena an amazing one.. The book "Built to Last," by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras, suggests that companies that endure and prosper over time do not usually offer innovative products, but that "the company itself is the ultimate creation." (Duke Athletics), On the recruiting trail in 1998. Gamecocks dominate: The womens national championship is officially heading back to Columbia, S.C., for the second time in program history after a wire-to-wire 64-49 victory by South Carolina over Connecticut. And then turning down millions to stay on campus. J. J. Redick says he felt disappointed when his sophomore season ended with a loss (to Connecticut) in the semifinal game of the N.C.A.A. (USATSI), Krzyzewski has berated and dressed down more officials maybe than any college coach in history. According to reports from The Wall Street Journal, Mickie was the only person who could persuade him to stand down during the 199495 season, when he suffered a back injury. It's a half-day of a weeklong program and is taught primarily by Krzyzewski's student managers. That may sound trite or unimportant, and Redick's comments are of the type that could easily fire the imaginations of anti-Duke partisans who already like to taunt Duke players as soft preppie types. Grant Hill, perhaps Krzyzewski's greatest player, was an extreme example of the Duke basketball demographic; his Yale-educated father played in the National Football League, and his mother was a classmate of Hillary Clinton's at Wellesley. Paradoxically, turning down those millions was also an enhancement to the selling of Mike Krzyzewski, a way for him to become a bigger off-court presence. Her dad coaches young men and happens to be an expert in manipulating their emotions. Tipsy K can be sentimental and reminiscent, family members say, and these are sides of himself he rarely shows the public. Throughout his career, there has been one woman by his side the entire time: his wife, Carol Mickie Marsh, otherwise known as Mickie Krzyzewski. So it's hard, and there are skeptics, people who say it's just too soft -- that, O.K., maybe Jack Welch was a great leader with his style, and somebody else was great with a different style, so what does it prove? 10:02 am ET, wrote a big story behind this photo and the two's relationship, Miami (Ohio) WBB coach resigns after investigation, Texas joins Top 25 And 1 after landing Abmas, Five-star prospect Ron Holland decommits from Texas, Ranking college basketball's top 40 transfers of 2023, No. Having gotten married a decade prior, Mickie was able to see her husbands entire career unfold, standing by his side for some incredibly important moments. Emily Krzyzewski was famous for her chocolate chip cookies, and Mlynski remembers the half-gallon of ice cream she served with every meal. Her family also is responsible for that jet-black hair. I wasn't eating right. One day, two title games: A decade after Title IX, a battle for control of womens basketball split loyalties and produced two national champions. "They're like my little brothers, and I'd kill someone on their behalf if I had to.". His older brother, Bill (his only sibling), went into the city's fire department and retired after attaining the rank of captain. Hes like Division III, and Im NBA. 4 recruit in Class of 2024, commits to Arizona, NBA announces 242 players declaring early for draft, SEC considers hefty penalties for court storming. Whats next for Mike Krzyzewski after Duke? You're probably thinking, We really want to hear what you have to say, you idiot.". But Krzyzewski has cleverly framed the setup so that the responsibility flows both ways, telling the freshmen that the season will rise and fall on their performance: "I've said, 'Look, we don't have time to wait for you. Then, inevitably, the wine runs out. Krzyzewski is not lucky. (USATSI). In Krzyzewski's office that day, a few minutes after he thrust his clawed hand toward my chest, I said to him that I had noticed something about his approach to leadership: despite the unquestioned authority he commands, his style, on balance, is more feminine than masculine. (Photo via Jim Oxley), Early days of love for young Mickie and Mike Krzyzewski. Eventually he started talking like old warriors talk. One time he told his oldest daughter, Debbie, that she could have a boy to the house on one condition: He wasnt allowed to sit on the familys furniture. While this is sad news for college basketball fans everywhere, its a positive thing for his family, whom he can spend more time with post-retirement. Ive been blessed to be in the arena, Krzyzewski said. The couple married in 2004, and Krzyzewski seemed legitimately worried before Chris deployed to Iraq. You put it off to the very end, and it was kind of like I messed up because if Duke doesnt win this game, hes not going to be in a good mood, Frasher says. He used no notes. They're right there with me. Knight was being honored by his former Army players in Pinehurst, North Carolina. He played for Bob Knight at Army, and early in his coaching career, he adopted some of Knights more infamous coaching habits, often being combative with journalists and belittling players to the point of making them cry. Rock Chalk, Jayhawk: Kansas forged the biggest comeback in the 83 championship games to date to beat North Carolina and win the mens national title. Its clearly about more than just wine. The house lights were up because he likes to find a few faces to focus on, "to make eye contact," he says. Here he is in 2005 -- in a home game vs. UNC -- smacking the hardwood with renowned floor-slapping former Duke assistant/player Steve Wojciechowski. As a former participant at Dukes basketball camp who has known Jamie since they were teenagers, Chris has been in the Krzyzewski orbit for years. Mickie says she and her husband made an agreement when he began coaching at Army: that he would never say she couldn't go somewhere with him because no other women would be there. Jamie and Chris walked outside to greet them. Whats also true is that Jamie and her two older sisters grew up around their father, gradually learning to navigate his emphases and quirks. They remembered the feeling that the detail brought, and the feeling before that, where as men we remember only the final feeling. But I got the strong sense that for Krzyzewski, these relationships are part of his questing nature: he has things he wants to learn, and he figures they know some of them. Mike Krzyzewski refers to himself, Mickie and their three daughters as the starting five. All live within 6 miles of Coach Ks home in Orange County and their presence has been strong through his coaching career. The two of them have been together ever since. Known by many as the best college coach in basketball history, Coach K was named the head coach at Duke University in 1980. What the hell does that mean?". She was born to He was never going to break John Woodens record of 10 national titles, of course, but these kids pushed him past Wooden with that 13th trip to the Final Four, and Krzyzewski could never fully repay them for that. And it was a disaster, OConnor quoted Krzyzewskis former Army teammate, John Mikula, as saying. He is host of an annual conference at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. After the game, Krzyzewski approached Knight for the traditional postgame handshake. Michael Sokolove is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine. He lives on 12 secluded acres in Durham, where he spends much of his free time tending his extensive flower gardens. Notice: just 11 in uniform. At Duke games, after he gives his instructions during a timeout -- the classic command-and-control moment -- his players break away from him and form their own huddle. On an early date, to a Chicago Bears football game, he somehow revealed that she had been his third choice, after two others turned him down. Jamie imagines the scene, smiling as she pictures her dad walking outside one morning and discovering it still in its pot, situated in a prominent place in his manicured yard. They're not used to that. Surely not Mike, which virtually nobody calls him, so Mr. Krzyzewski? Hes a multimillionaire who gets whatever he wants, and hes such a challenge to shop for that Lindys Christmas gift to her dad is usually delivering pots of Italian wedding or chicken and wild rice soup because it soothes his throat after so much screaming.
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