Mike Krzyzewski was at Duke long enough that a lot of younger fans don’t really know about his early players.
Take Johnny Dawkins.
A surprise to many when he committed to Duke in (we think) 1981 out of Washington D.C.’s Mackin Catholic when Duke was struggling, Dawkins said “I thought they could use a little help.”
And did he ever give it.
In his freshman year, Duke struggled mightily as Coach K was still getting his pieces in place and building methodically but Dawkins narrowly lost ACC Rookie of the Year to Georgia Tech’s Mark Price.