Coach K’s 30 NCAA Tournament Losses, Ranked From Delightful To Even More Delightful. Five national titles, 13 Final Fours, 1,202 wins, blah blah blah. There is only one number I care about when it comes to Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski—30. That’s the number of losses Coach K has suffered at Duke in the NCAA Tournament.
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Did Coach K lose his final game?
More than four decades later, it’s over. The Naismith Memorial Hall of Famer and widely recognized GOAT of college basketball coaching watched his incredible career come to a close Saturday via an 81-77 loss to No. 8 seed North Carolina in the 2022 Final Four. Just like in 2019, his No.
What years did Coach K go to the Final Four?
The Blue Devils made the first of their 36 NCAA tournament appearance during his tenure in 1984, claimed Krzyzewski’s first of a record 101 NCAA tournament wins in 1985 and made the Final Four in 1986.
Did Coach K ever win March Madness?
5: The number of times Coach K has led Duke to a national championship, with wins during the NCAA’s March Madness tournaments in 1991, 1992, 2001, 2010 and 2015.
What school does Coach K have the most wins against?
Former Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski ended the 2021-22 season and his coaching career with 1,202 victories, making him the all-time winningest coach in DI men’s basketball history.
Men’s DI college basketball coaches with the most wins.
| Coach | Mike Krzyzewski |
|---|---|
| Losses | 368 |
| Ties | |
| WL% | 0.766 |
| School(s) | Army West Point (1975-76 – 1979-80); Duke (1980-81 – 2019-22) |
Who did Coach K lose his first game?
But on December 5th, 1980, in his first game as part of the annual Big Four Tournament in Greensboro between Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State, and Wake Forest, Mike Krzyzewski lost 78-76 to the Blue Devils ancient rival Tar Heels.
What is Coach K’s record against UNC?
His lifetime record against North Carolina fell to 50-48.
How many times has Coach K been to the Final 4?
12 National Coach of the Year honors (eight seasons) 13 Final Four appearances (most in NCAA history)
Who has the most Final 4s?
The statistic shows the men’s college basketball teams with the most NCAA Division I Final Four appearances from 1939 to 2022.
Number of men’s NCAA college basketball final four appearances by team from 1939 to 2022.
| Characteristic | Number of appearances |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 21 |
| UCLA* | 18 |
| Kentucky | 17 |
| Duke | 17 |
Who has been to the Final Four the most?
North Carolina
Total Final Four appearances
| App. | School |
|---|---|
| 21 | North Carolina |
| 18 | UCLA* |
| 17 | Duke, Kentucky |
| 16 | Kansas |
Which coach has the most wins in NCAA Tournament history?
Mike Krzyzewski
Tournament Game Wins
| Coach | School | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Krzyzewski | Duke | 101 |
| Roy Williams | Kansas, North Carolina | 77 |
| Dean Smith | North Carolina | 65 |
| Jim Boeheim | Syracuse | 61 |
How many March Madness Finals has Coach K won?
Coach K’s personal record of consecutive Final Four appearances is five. He reached the stage every year from 1988 through 1992, making the national championship game three times and winning it in 1991 and 1992.
What coach has the most March Madness championships?
Final Four appearances by coach
| Number | Coach | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Mike Krzyzewski | Duke |
| 12 | John Wooden | UCLA |
| 11 | Dean Smith | North Carolina |
| 9 | Roy Williams | Kansas (4), North Carolina (5) |
Who has more wins Coach K or Roy Williams?
Krzyzewski has been named Coach of the Year by various awarding bodies 12 times since 1984; Williams has been named Coach of the Year 14 times since 1990. Krzyzewski holds a career winning percentage of . 762 (. 788 while at Duke).
How much money does Mike Krzyzewski make a year?
$13.7 million
Former Duke University men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski was paid $13.7 million by the school in the fiscal year from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, according to the university’s federal tax filings—a record sum for a college coach.
Are Tom Izzo and Mike Krzyzewski friends?
There are a lot of ways to describe the final matchup between Mike Krzyzewski and Tom Izzo. Two Hall of Fame coaches. Two national-championship winners. Two good friends.
How many times did Coach K lose to UNC?
The UNC coach’s teams out-scored Krzyzewski’s 3,060-2,921 in those matchups. Since Smith retired following the 1996-97 season, however, Krzyzewski has owned the rivalry. He has gone 36-22 in the time since, including 23-19 against longtime Tar Heels coach Roy Williams, who retired at the end of the 2020-21 campaign.
Did Duke players shake hands with North Carolina?
Following the Tar Heels’ 94-81 win — in Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s final game at Cameron Indoor Stadium — video showed Blue Devils assistant Chris Carrawell refusing to shake hands with UNC coach Hubert Davis. Duke assistant Nolan Smith did shake Davis’ hand but appeared to look the other way while doing so.
What is Coach K’s record at Chapel Hill?
A celebration of Coach K’s career in his final game in Chapel Hill would feel out of place for the Duke figurehead UNC fans have loved to hate over the last 42 years. Coach K holds a 49-46 record over the Tar Heels and will be heavily favored to win No.
What is Coach K’s record against Dean Smith?
It was considered then one of the great finishes in the history of the series. Krzyzewski was 1-2 against Smith.
What was Roy Williams record against Duke?
Williams is 8-7 against Duke while at North Carolina, but was 1-3 while with Kansas. As the numbers show, it is pretty even in the head-to-head battles between Krzyzewski and Williams. An even match-up between the two seems fitting, but it doesn’t really help choose a winner for this debate.