{"product_id":"9780063268579-coach-k-the-rise-and-reign-of-mike-krzyzewski","title":"O'connor Ian - Coach K The Rise And Reign Of Mike Krzyzewski - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: NEW YORK Times Bestseller The definitive biography of college basketball's all - time winningest coach Mike Krzyzewski. Mike Krzyzewski known worldwide as Coach K is a five - time national champion at Duke the NCA a's all - time leader in victories with nearly 1,200, and the first man to lead Team US a to three Olympic basketball gold medals. Through unprecedented access to Krzyzewski's best friends closest advisers fiercest adversaries and generations of his players and assistants three - time New York Times bestselling author Ian O Connor takes you behind the Blue Devil curtain with a penetrating examination of the great but flawed leader as he closes out his iconic career. Krzyzewski built a staggering basketball empire that has endured for more than four decades placing him among the all - time titans of American sport and yet there has never been a defining portrait of the coach and his program. Until now. O Connor uses scores of interviews with those who know Krzyzewski best to deliver previously untold stories about the relationships that define the venerable Coach K including the one with his volcanic mentor Bob Knight that died a premature death. Krzyzewski was always driven by an inner rage fueled by his tough Chicago upbringing and by the blue - collar Polish - American parents who raised him to fight for a better life. With updated coverage of Coach K's stunning final season O Connor shows you sides of the man and his methods that will surprise even the most dedicated Duke fan. Basketball fans might feel as though they already know Coach K or Mike Krzyzewski the decades - long coach of the Duke Blue Devils who's set to retire after this season. In this insightful biography sportswriter O Connor captures the formative experiences and inner drive that catapulted the coach to icon status. Even the most die - hard fans will learn something. Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Coach K The Rise And Reign Of Mike Krzyzewski\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): O'connor Ian\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Harpercollins\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780063268579\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 400 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 2\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"O'connor Ian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49590967861553,"sku":"IN-G-9780063268579","price":17.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9780063268579.jpg?v=1729801514","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780063268579-coach-k-the-rise-and-reign-of-mike-krzyzewski","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}