Coach K's milestone wins and best players
Mike Krzyzewski has won in many different ways and with many different players. Below are some of his landmark wins on a way to 1,000 and SI's picks for the first- and second-team All-Coach K.
Coach K's Milestone wins
Win | Date | Description |
No. 1 | Nov. 28, 1975 | Defeats Lehigh, 56-29, for his first win as a head coach, at Army. |
No. 74 | Nov. 29, 1980 | Defeats Steson, 67-49, for his first win at Duke. |
No. 100 | Feb. 24, 1982 | Defeats Clemson, 73-72, for the 10th and final win of the season. |
No. 194 | March 23, 1986 | Defeats Navy, 71-50, for first Final Four trip |
No. 200 | Dec. 13, 1986 | Defeats Alabama, 76-67 |
No. 300 | March 16, 1990 | Defeats Richmond, 81-46, in the NCAA tournament |
No. 336 | April 1, 1991 | Defeats Kansas, 72-65, for first national championship |
No. 370 | April 6, 1992 | Defeats Michigan, 71-51, to win second national championship |
No. 400 | Dec. 22, 1993 | Defeats Iowa, 79-76 |
No. 500 | Feb. 28, 1998 | Defeats North Carolina, 77-75, to win regular season ACC championship |
No. 600 | March 11, 2001 | Defeats North Carolina, 79-53, in ACC title game |
No. 606 | April 2, 2001 | Defeats Arizona, 82-72, for third national championship |
No. 700 | Dec. 12, 2004 | Defeats Toledo, 82-54 |
No. 800 | March 1, 2008 | Defeats N.C. State, 87-86 |
No. 900 | March 20, 2011 | Defeats Michigan, 73-71, in NCAA tournament second round |
No. 903 | Nov. 15, 2011 | Passes Bobby Knight for NCAA wins record |
No. 1,000 | Jan. 25, 2015 | Defeats St. John's, 77-68, to become first men's Division I coach to reach milestone |