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Coach K and his olympic career

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LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 04: Head coach Mike Krzyzewski (C) of United States watches from the bench during the Men's Basketball Preliminary Round match against Lithuania on Day 8 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Basketball Arena on August 4, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

In 2006, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski was hired to “save” the United States Olympic basketball team. All those rich NBA stars supposedly needed a college coach to hammer some discipline into them. — Daniel Wetzel

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