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Mike Krzyzewski

1947 - Today

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Michael William Krzyzewski (US: shizh-EF-skee, Polish: [kʂɨˈʐɛfskʲi]; born February 13, 1947), nicknamed "Coach K", is an American former college basketball coach. He served as the head coach at Duke University from 1980 to 2022, during which he led the Blue Devils to five national titles, 13 Final Fours (the most of any coach in men's basketball), 15 ACC tournament championships, and 13 ACC regular season titles. Among men's college basketball coaches, only UCLA's John Wooden has won more NCAA championships (10). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mike Krzyzewski has received more than 9,413,253 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Mike Krzyzewski is the 109th most popular basketball player (up from 210th in 2019), the 6,318th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,299th in 2019) and the 59th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 23

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  • 2.06

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  • 4.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Mike Krzyzewski ranks 109 out of 1,757. Before him are Jonas Kazlauskas, Dragan Šakota, Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Spencer Haywood, Vinko Jelovac, and Alzhan Zharmukhamedov. After him are Alexander Belov, Isaiah Thomas, Bill Sharman, Walt Frazier, Kevin Garnett, and Dolph Schayes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Mike Krzyzewski ranks 483. Before him are Pia Kjærsgaard, Peter Riegert, Glynn Turman, Lev Rokhlin, Aneka, and Nolan Ryan. After him are Richard Portnow, Stuart Gordon, Tracey Walter, Yuri Matiyasevich, John Ratzenberger, and Lee Kerslake.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mike Krzyzewski ranks 6,318 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward Marsh (1874), William Merritt Chase (1849), Letitia Christian Tyler (1790), Miriam Stevenson (1933), Marvin Hart (1876), and Bill Holland (1874). After him are Garry Winogrand (1928), Joshua Bell (1967), Frank Irons (1886), Anne Jackson (1925), Gary Gilmore (1940), and Lee Barnes (1906).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Mike Krzyzewski ranks 59. Before him are Jerry Sloan (1942), Jerry Lucas (1940), Larry Brown (1940), Mike D'Antoni (1951), Joe Bryant (1954), and Spencer Haywood (1949). After him are Isaiah Thomas (1989), Bill Sharman (1926), Walt Frazier (1945), Kevin Garnett (1976), Dolph Schayes (1928), and George Gervin (1952).

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