
Coach K
The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski
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Narrated by:
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Kiff Vandenheuvel
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Ian O'Connor
The definitive biography of college basketball’s all-time winningest coach, Mike Krzyzewski
Mike Krzyzewski, known worldwide as “Coach K,” is a five-time national champion at Duke, the NCAA's all-time leader in victories with nearly 1,200, and the first man to lead Team USA to three Olympic basketball gold medals. Through unprecedented access to Krzyzewski’s best friends, closest advisers, fiercest adversaries, and generations of his players and assistants, three-time New York Times bestselling author Ian O’Connor takes you behind the Blue Devil curtain with a penetrating examination of the great, but flawed leader as he closes out his iconic career.
Krzyzewski built a staggering basketball empire that has endured for more than four decades, placing him among the all-time titans of American sport, and yet there has never been a defining portrait of the coach and his program. Until now. O’Connor uses scores of interviews with those who know Krzyzewski best to deliver previously untold stories about the relationships that define the venerable Coach K, including the one with his volcanic mentor, Bob Knight, that died a premature death. Krzyzewski was always driven by an inner rage fueled by his tough Chicago upbringing, and by the blue-collar Polish-American parents who raised him to fight for a better life. As the retiring Coach K makes his final stand, vying for one more ring during the 2021-2022 season before saying goodbye at age 75, O’Connor shows you sides of the man and his methods that will surprise even the most dedicated Duke fan.
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The Good and Bad of Coach K
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Overall good with one exception
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Audible listeners: Be prepared to hear the Syracuse coach and the Duke coach in waiting have their names butchered as well as Oregon
Coach K, The good,bad and ugly
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Incredible detail, awesome chronology for basketball junkies, one of the best
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Narrator Falls Short
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The narrator is just as good. Great voice, flow, etc. Would love for him to narrate every book on audible BUT the one exception is the numerous missed pronunciation of countless names. At first I laughed but it kept happening, over and over and for some reason it seemed like the flubs were on names he said the most.
Dennard
Boeheim
Scheyer
Tyus
Etc etc.
Someone absolutely should’ve caught these errors. If fixed it would be a flawless performance.
Excellent Book,Phenomenal Narrator MINUS one thing
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Not a Duke or K fan but good story:
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Great writing and narration…
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As for the reader, I think someone should have gone over the appropriate pronunciation of the names of people in the book. It was odd hearing mispronounced names that are very familiar to everyday fans.
Thank you Coach K
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