Mike Krzyzewski got gifted the best motivational talking point he could ever imagine.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation revealed a road sign for the newly named ‘Coach K Highway’ on Friday in a ceremony at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The strip of North Carolina Highway 751 was the five-time national champion’s daily commute to campus when he coached the men’s basketball team.
The team shared a short social media clip of Coach K talking about the honor, and the Duke legend called it an honor for his family and the program. He praised Durham and mentioned how his whole family now lives in the city.
He also mentioned something unique about the road now named in his honor, something he noticed back while he still coached the Blue Devils.
“There are no stop signs,” he said with a smile near the end of the video.
No stop signs on Coach K Highway, huh? If that’s not the best slogan in college basketball history, we don’t know what is.
No stop signs on Coach K highway pic.twitter.com/sCbDXp4x3O
— Duke Men’s Basketball (@DukeMBB) June 1, 2024
The strip of road that bears his name runs from Kerley Road to Duke University Road.