How Duke’s Coach K Was Almost Fired in 1983

On this episode of Our American Stories, John Feinstein is a sportswriter of 42 books, 23 of them New York Times bestsellers. He is also the friend of Duke University’s legendary basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski (also known as “Coach K”). John tells the story of how Coach K’s five national titles at Duke almost never happened. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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