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WATCH: Coach K takes court for final time in Sweet 16

Wade-Peeryby:Wade Peery03/24/22
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Coach K has accomplished a ton of lasts in his farewell tour from college basketball during the 2021-2022 season. Tonight, his No. 2 seed Duke Blue Devils are currently facing off against the No. 3 seed Texas Tech Red Raiders. It will be the last time the legendary head coach takes the court in a Sweet 16 game.

Check out the video from CBS.

Coach Krzyzewski’s replacement

Coach K announced he was retiring in June of 2021. He made clear in his retirement announcement that he was retiring to spend more time with his family, rather than due to the changes in the game and the transfer portalKrzyzewski is widely considered as one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all-time.

Jon Scheyer has been named as the next Duke head basketball coach. His tenure will officially begin at the beginning of the 2022-2023 season.

Coach K Career Accolades

Coach K has won five national championships at Duke, including two years where he won back-to-back national crowns.

In winning back-to-back NCAA titles in 1991 and 1992, he became only the second coach to do so since John Wooden (Billy Donovan is the other).

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Coach K established an incredible level of dominance at Duke basketball during his previous 41 seasons there.

Coach K, a member of the Naismith Hall-of-Fame, has won 1,170 games in his career, the most in college basketball history. As the head coach of Team USA basketball, he won six gold medals during his time.

Coach K has enough accolades to fill up a few pages, but here are a few from his Duke coaching career: 15 ACC tournament championships (most in league history), 12 Final Four appearances (tied for most in NCAA history), 12 National Coach of the Year honors36 NCAA tournament bids (most by one coach), and 126 weeks ranked No. 1 in AP poll (most by a coach in poll history).