NABC to Rename Prestigious Award After Mike Krzyzewski

The NABC announced on Monday that the award formerly known as the NABC Metropolitan Award will be renamed the NABC Mike Krzyzewski Award starting in the 2024-25 season. The newly-renamed NABC Mike Krzyzewski Award will continue to recognize basketball coaches and contributors for long and outstanding service to the game.

The honor is the NABC’s longest-running annual award, having been presented since 1941. Its past recipients have included the likes of Phog Allen, Pete Newell, John McLendon, John Wooden, Dave Gavitt, John Thompson, Jim Nantz, Roy Williams, John Chaney and Dick Vitale, among many others who have shaped the game.

Krzyzewski – who himself received the honor in 2009 – retired in…