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OmahaDukie
11-29-2011, 12:43 PM
Anyone check out this Kindle Single on Coach K in honor of #903? Really good read, highly recommended, written by a 2010 alum.

amzn.to/vE0Zch

Amazon.com Review
Ben Cohen has written an insider's perspective on Coach Mike Krzyzewski, who has surpassed Bobby Knight as the winningest coach in college basketball history. At Duke and across the country, Coach K is recognized as a titan of basketball, and Cohen, a Duke graduate and former "Cameron crazy," does not shy away from this characterization. Using interviews with Krzyzewski’s wife, his daughter, coaches, former players, and even the man who first hired Coach K at Duke, Cohen paints a portrait of a man who grew up in ethnic Chicago, played and coached at Army (tellingly, under Bobby Knight), and eventually landed on the campus of one of the nation's most elite universities. Despite his unprecedented success and undeniable drive to win, Krzyzewski comes across as a thoughtful and layered man. About his experience bringing the gold back to Team USA, he had this to say: "The best thing is how much I've learned at a time in my career when, really, where do you learn?" This is a man who is always learning, always striving. --Chris Schluep