Coach K is headed to a big event in New York on Thursday that has nothing to do with basketball.
Mike Krzyzewski, coach of Duke University’s men’s basketball team, will ring the opening bell at the Nasdaq stock exchange in honor of the Emily K Center in Durham. Coach K serves as the board chairman of the nonprofit educational center, which works to prepare low-income students for college success. The center is named for Krzyzewski’s mother.
The event Thursday morning celebrates the center and its students, but also honors all students who are the first in their families to go to college, Emily K Center officials said.