Mike Krzyzewski, the winningest coach in men’s college basketball and the architect of Duke University’s juggernaut program, will retire at the end of the coming season, he said Wednesday.
Krzyzewski, who will turn 75 next winter and has tallied 1,170 total wins, has led the Duke program since 1980. Often referred to simply as “Coach K,” he has won 1,097 games and five national championships there and become one of the most recognizable figures in sports.
“My family and I view today as a celebration,” the coach, who led Army for five seasons before his arrival in Durham, N.