Duke basketball coach [autotag]Mike Krzyzewski[/autotag], affectionately known as Coach K, added to his laundry list of trophies and hardware on Tuesday when the Atlanta Tipoff Club named him as one of two 2025 Naismith Outstanding Contributors to Basketball Award Winners.
Krzyzewski joined longtime Notre Dame Fighting Irish women’s basketball coach Muffet McGraw as this year’s winners for the longtime award.
“Every year, we choose individuals who have made a profound impact on players and fans alike, truly embodying the spirit of basketball,” ATOC president Eric Oberman said in a release about the award. “It’s a privilege to honor these remarkable figures who dedicated their lives to fostering and advancing the game.”
Krzyzewski spent more than four decades coaching the Blue Devils, winning five national championships and reaching the Final Four 13 times. The program named the court at Cameron Indoor Stadium after him in 2000, and the city of Durham dubbed his commute ‘Coach K Highway’ this summer.
Coach K won 1,129 games in his 42 years with the program, and he even won a trio of Olympic gold medals as the Team USA head coach.