Coach K Hall of Famer
In choosing Knight, the rules were simple: A Hall of Fame member must be a presenter. For Krzyzewski, there was no second choice. Knight recruited him to go to Army in the mid-1960s. He played for him for four years. He followed him to Indiana to be an assistant before taking over at Army as head coach in 1976.
Knight was a mentor to Krzyzewski throughout his coaching career, which began at Army and then …
Is this Essay helpful? Join now to read this particular paper
and access over 480,000 just like this GET BETTER GRADES
and access over 480,000 just like this GET BETTER GRADES
…is doing. You honor a coach when they can still appreciate it and I'll appreciate the magnitude of this honor."
And having Coach Knight to share such a honor with him seemed to complete the day and his career to this point, allowing it to come back full circle -- only a few hours from where it began with Knight at West Point over 30 years ago.
Andy Katz is a senior writer at ESPN.com.
Need a custom written paper? Let our professional writers save your time.