Krzyzewski to coach final season at Duke
Mike Krzyzewski will make a final run at a national championship with Duke.
The Hall of Famer and winningest coach in the history of Division I men’s basketball announced Wednesday that next season will be his last with the Blue Devils. The school also named former Duke player and associate head coach Jon Scheyer as Krzyzewski’s successor for the 202223 season.
“My family and I view today as a celebration,” Krzyzewski said in a statement released Wednesday evening.
Stadium first reported news of Krzyzewski’s final season with Duke, which he has led to five national championships, most recently in 2015. He has 1,170 career wins going back to his time at Army, with 1,097 wins coming during 41 years with the Blue Devils.
Now Krzyzewski, 74, will make a final lap — “The Last Ride,” as the program billed it in a socialmedia post — around the ACC and the sport in which he has piled up an enviable run of success before handing the job to Scheyer, 33.
“He is clearly ready for this opportunity and has shown it repeatedly throughout his playing career and as a coach on our staff the past eight seasons,” Krzyzewski said. “Jon is a rising star in our profession and Duke basketball could not be in better hands in the future.”
The school has scheduled a news conference for Krzyzewski on Thursday at Cameron Indoor Stadium, followed by one Friday for Scheyer.
Krzyzewski has led the Blue Devils to 12 Final Four appearances and a record 15 ACC tournament titles, and his teams have spent a record 126 weeks ranked at No. 1 in the AP poll.
Hired at Duke in March 1980, “Coach K” won national championships in 1991, 1992, 2001, 2010 and 2015. He broke mentor Bob Knight’s career victory record in November 2011.