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Coach K Is About To Push His Career Record Where No One Else Has Ever Been

Mike Krzyzewski is about to set yet another record but this one is a bit different

By JD King

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DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - JANUARY 19: Head coach Mike Krzyzewski of the Duke Blue Devils reacts during the second half of their game against the Virginia Cavaliers at Cameron Indoor Stadium on January 19, 2019 in Durham, North Carolina. Duke won 72-70.
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No one really thinks about this but with every victory Duke earns, Mike Krzyzewski breaks his own NCAA D-1 record for career wins.

Well he’s got one more milestone to surpass and that’s on deck: Coach K currently sits at 1,121 wins, which is second for all-time wins in every collegiate divison - D-I, D-II, D-III and NAIA and both men’s and women’s.

He trails Harry Statham, who retired from D-II’s McKendree after last season, by one game.

Can you imagine? You retire with an incredible career achievement, an astounding number of wins that took a half a century to compile...and it’s eclipsed the next year.

So the next victory will tie that record and the one following that will put Mick from Chicago in a place where no one else has ever been. What an amazing journey.

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