When Duke coach [autotag]Jon Scheyer[/autotag] was asked to fill out his Mount Rushmore of college basketball coaches on Wednesday, the first name that came to mind should be pretty obvious.
“First one’s easy for me,” Scheyer said. “Coach K. He’s there, no question about it.”
[autotag]Mike Krzyzewski[/autotag] coached the Blue Devils from 1980-2022, winning five national championships and reaching the Final Four a record-setting 13 times along the way. He took Duke to the national semifinals seven times in nine years from 1986-94, including five consecutive trips from 1988 through 1992, and he won his first two national championships back-to-back in 1991 and 1992.
Scheyer worked under Krzyzewski for almost a decade before he took over the program, starting as an assistant coach in 2014 before being promoted to associate head coach in 2018. He even won a national championship for Coach K as a player in 2010.
Scheyer rounded out his four names with legendary UCLA Bruins coach John Wooden (who won 10 national championships between 1964-75), longtime Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim, and Georgetown legend John Thompson.
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