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Assistant coach Chris Carrawell has been promoted to associate head coach, effective immediately. He's been a member of the coaching staff since 2018 and played for Duke from 1996-2000.
Cameron Chronicles host Shane Smith, along with fellow men's basketball beat writers Evan Kolin and Max Rego, react to the announcement that Krzyzewski will retire after next season. They run through Coach K's career, including his first few seasons at Duke, his greatest accomplishments and more.
“Work hard and always try your best.” A handwritten word of advice from Mike Krzyzewski on a photo of him and a young, gleaming fan in Jon Scheyer is probably one of many personalized messages the Duke head coach has delivered to young kids sitting around Blue Devil fans’ houses.
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The world got its first inkling of what Duke men’s basketball will look like without Mike Krzyzewski steering the ship.
As Blue Devil fans everywhere stare down the final season of Duke men's basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski's 40+ year career, we at the Blue Zone figure now is as good a time as ever to look back and appreciate each of Duke’s national titles under Coach K.
There's not a current Duke student alive who knows life without Mike Krzyzewski as the fearless leader of Duke men's basketball. Hell, there aren't people twice their age who know that life either. But even if it seemed like he would coach forever, Blue Devils across the globe are preparing for the unthinkable—Duke without Coach K.
In a lifetime consisting of 1,170 wins, five National Championships and three gold medals, which one is Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski most proud of? The correct answer is none of the above.
There’s one aspect that’s most important in keeping the Duke men’s basketball empire alive. In fact, it all comes down to one word.
People ask all the time: is change a good thing? The shock of Mike Krzyzewski announcing that the 2021-22 season would be his last underlies the more nuanced agenda—comprehending a legacy that, at face value, is incomprehensible.
Keep up with our coverage of Coach K's retirement announcement, including columns from our sports writers and reactions from the community.
Barring a national championship in this next season, the mere timing of Krzyzewski’s announcement is something that Blue Devil fans should be thanking him for.
Krzyzewski has had a great impact on many players, coaches and more in his time as one of the faces of college basketball.
The next Duke head coach is a man that, in the eyes of Blue Devil fans, needs no introduction.
Coach K will retire after this upcoming season.
With the NBA regular season in the rearview mirror and the postseason set to begin Tuesday evening, the Blue Zone takes a look at how a few former Blue Devils fared through this year's 72-game slate.
Since its first season in 1905, Duke men’s basketball has produced 71 NBA Draft picks, 36 All-Americans and 11 National Players of the Year. That’s a lot of hardware. Hence, choosing between all that talent is no easy task.
Perhaps it’s just a testament to how talented the top-6 Blue Devils are next year, and someone has to sit. But I simply cannot imagine a world where the offensive versatility of Trevor Keels isn’t playing a key role for Duke in the clutch next season.
Moore has been there in crunch time for Duke for the past two years, so my question to you is, why not make it a third?
Summer is almost upon us, which in the college basketball world means that the opening tip of the 2021-22 season cannot come soon enough.
In terms of the fallout of Baldwin's decision, there seem to be two camps. But in situations like this, it's usually the middle ground that's correct.
