Mike Krzyzewski Net Worth

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About Mike Krzyzewski

Coach K, also known as Michael William Krzyzewski, is a college basketball coach with an estimated net worth of $50 million. He was born on February 13, 1947. Since 1980, Mike Krzyzewski has been Duke University’s men’s basketball team’s head coach.

With four national titles and more victories than any other active men’s basketball coach, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski—or “Coach K” to his friends, admirers, and people who have a terrible time remembering how to spell “Krzyzewski”—has the most spectacular CV in collegiate basketball. Only his mentor Bob Knight has more victories to his credit.

Krzyzewski played point guard for the Cadet squad under Knight’s coaching while attending the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. After leaving the military in 1974, he began coaching in Indiana as a staff assistant for Knight.

Krzyzewski returned to West Point as head coach after a year in Bloomington. Before leaving for the position that would make him a legend, he guided the Cadets to a 73-59 record and one NIT appearance in five seasons.

In his first year as Duke’s head coach, Krzyzewski guided the Blue Devils to a 17-13 record and the NIT playoffs. He qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time with the Devils in his fourth season. He seems to have enjoyed the experience since he has made the field of 64 his semi-permanent home, missing March Madness only once over the past 25 years. Technically speaking, he wasn’t even coaching the squad that lost. Due to health issues, Krzyzewski left the 1994–95 Blue Devils after 12 games. They struggled, going 4-15 without Coach K for the remainder of the season under the guidance of assistant Pete Gaudet.)

With a team that had to rank among the finest ever, Bobby Hurley, Thomas Hill, Grant Hill, and Christian Laettner helped Krzyzewski and the Blue Devils win their first national championship in 1991. In 1992, they won again, in large part due to one of the most storied shots in NCAA history.

After winning the championship in 1992, Krzyzewski went on to capture the Olympic gold with the original Dream Team as an assistant coach.

With a team featuring future NBA stars Shane Battier, Carlos Boozer, Mike Dunleavy, Chris Duhon, and Jason Williams, he cut down the nets for a third time in 2001. He also received a nomination for the Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2010, he added a fourth title to his résumé.

Since 2005, Krzyzewski has led Team USA as their head coach. At the 2006 FIBA World Championships, he won the bronze medal. He also won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2010 FIBA World Championships in Turkey. He has made arrangements to lead Team USA at the 2012 London Olympics once more.

In 2015, Duke defeated St. John’s once more at Madison Square Garden, 77-68. Krzyzewski achieved 1,000 victories in men’s basketball in Division I for the first time at that point. Mike Krzyzewski’s net worth is projected to be $50 million as of 2023. In 2010, it was said that the New Jersey Nets were prepared to pay Krzyzewski between $12 million and $15 million annually to serve as their head coach. He stuck by Duke.

• Position:
• Head Coach
• Team:
• Duke Blue Devils, U.S. Olympic Basketball Team
• Key Influences:
• Bob Knight
• Coaching Tree:
• Mike Brey (Notre Dame), Bob Bender (Washington), Johnny Dawkins (Stanford), Tommy Amaker (Harvard), Jeff Capel (Virginia Commonwealth), Danny Ferry (general manager, Cleveland Cavaliers)
• Great Players:
• Christian Laettner, Bobby Hurley, Grant Hill, Elton Brand, Carlos Boozer,
• Corey Maggette, Luol Deng, Jay Williams (Duke)
• National Championships:
• Won back-to-back national championships with Duke in 1991 and 1992, a third championship in 2001 and a fourth in 2010
• Other Honors:
• Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001. Coached the gold-medalist men’s basketball team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2010 FIBA World Championship team.