By Bermuda Bob
Michael William Krzyzewski (aka) Coach K, is the winningest College Basketball Coach of the Post-Wooden (Modern) era, and acknowledged by many (not all Duke fans) to be the greatest College Basketball Coach alive today. Many, like myself, acknowledge that the Post-Wooden era began with the:
- Coast-to-coast team travel within the season & post season …
- Real Time, coast-to-coast TV coverage of the season …
- Real Time, coast-to-coast TV coverage of the entire Big Dance …
- ESPN becomes synonymous with college basketball …
- CBS becomes synonymous with “The Big Dance” …
This is not to forget to mention the contributions of Dick Vitale, the most widely recognized Hall of Fame Commentator in college basketball …
During this time, beginning in March of 1980, Coach K has:
- Won 5 College Basketball National Championships …
- 31 of 32 “Big Dance” appearances – 22 straight since 1996 …
- Winningest active coach in “Big Dance” play, a 86–25 record …
- 13 ACC Championships …
- 12 Final Fours …
During each of his National Championship winning years Coach K has had teams with a core of pivotal players …
- 1991 & 1991 – Bobby Hurley, Christian Laettner, & Grant Hill …
- 2001 – Carlos Booser, Jay Williams, Shane Battier, & Mike Dunleavy …
- 2010 – Jon Scheyer, Kyle Singler, Brian Zoubek, & Lance Thomas
- 2015 – Jahlil Okafor, Justise Winslow, Tyus Jones, & Grayson Allen …
All of these aspects make up just a part of Coach K , but prove, conclusively that Coach is the best of all time and that the Wooden era ought to be considered the “pre-modern” aspect of college basketball.
Coach K is also the “Bionic Man” having had:
- 1994 – Remove a fragment of a herniated disk in his lower back …
- 2001 – Left Hip Replacement
- 2002 – Right Hip Replacement
- 2017 – Remove 2nd fragment of herniated disk in his lower back …
- 2017 – Left Knee Replacement …
The question of this presentation is ask., considering that with all his surgeries, he has been given new lift:
“How long can Coach K continue to coach ???”
In closing, as this new season begins, with a team that is chock-a-block full of highly ranked players, as we have presented to you over the past fortnight …
Can Coach K get his 6th National Championship ???
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