A lot of people can’t conceive of a Duke without Mike Krzyzewski and that’s understandable. At this point, he’s obviously the best coach not just in Duke basketball history but in the history Duke sports and possibly the finest college basketball coach ever. He’s done incredible things at Duke.
As we like to point out from time to time though, there was basketball at Duke before he arrived and there will be basketball after Coach K’s incredible career ends.
Obviously there was the brief but brilliant Vic Bubas era in the 1960s. Duke fell off at the end of his run and more so in the ‘70s.