The United States was embarrassed with a bronze-medal finish at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and Krzyzewski was chosen to reclaim the gold. Anyone can read what you share. ", Redick says that he was "living a college lifestyle. In early December I watched Duke's showdown with Texas on TV, a pairing of what were then the two top-ranked teams in the nation. He gets along well with his father-in-law, but this wasnt just pasta night with the family. He will praise the sons-in-law who love and dote on his girls as Krzyzewski does, jokingly saying hes a good scout of talent, Jamie says, because he knew Chris had the right stuff even before she did. 's and entrepreneurs, go-getters on their way to big jobs and big salaries. But starting with his first year at Duke, Krzyzewski's wife has accompanied him to the vast majority of away games. Rejecting that kind of money, as Krzyzewski did, was its own kind of life-changing event -- "a point of demarcation," his agent, David Falk, calls it. Krzyzewski likes to call West Point "the greatest leadership school in the world." When asked if he thinks it's easier for him to coach the kind of students he is able to attract, Krzyzewski says their backgrounds do not make them smarter players, necessarily, but do give them other attributes he finds useful. And let's deal with that honestly, in a way that does not demean some or inflate the egos of others, and design a system that allows everyone to use their talents well. Like in 2015, when he became the first coach in history to win 1,000 NCAA division basketball games. There is an element of stealing your girlfriends' parents' liquor, and at the end of the day, you want to bring up the right stuff.. Hes a multimillionaire who gets whatever he wants, and hes such a challenge to shop for that Lindys Christmas gift to her dad is usually delivering pots of Italian wedding or chicken and wild rice soup because it soothes his throat after so much screaming. Isnt that what we need to do? Its clearly about more than just wine. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: collegebasketball | pageType: stories | Hes an iconic figure, as we know, Chris says. Hes won numerous state-level press association awards. When he retires from coaching following this season, Krzyzewski plans to spend even more time with his clan. Mike Krzyzewski's wife, Mickie Krzyzewski: career, net We couldn't be hysterical or whatever those stereotypes of women are. Or a big, meaty Caymus that will cut down the damn nets? Somehow the analogy always came back to basketball, Lindy says. Not in a workplace, in a family or on a basketball team. They weren't playing "fast enough," he said. Her eyes widen. Duke players also tend to be better students than most National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball players at major programs and -- though it is difficult to generalize about such things -- more likely to come from stable, middle-class backgrounds. You would have two or three variables, or maybe five. Whats next for Mike Krzyzewski after Duke? Spending