Mike Krzyewski: Head Basketball Coach

John Robert Thompson Jr. (born September 2, 1941) was an American college basketball coach for the Georgetown Hoyas. His wife was Gwendolyn Thompson until she died in 1999. He has three children: John Thompson III, Ronny Thompson, and Tiffany Thompson. John is now a radio and TV sports commentator. In 1984, he became the first African-American head coach to win a major college basketball championship. He coached the team that win the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. Georgetown, led by Patrick Ewing, defeated the University of Houston. The final score was 84-79. Thompson was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and is a practicing Catholic. As a child, his mother insisted on sending him to Catholic schools for the educational opportunities

879 wins in 36yrs of coaching, 2nd most in men's college Division I basketball history behind Bob Knight.

Bobby’s coaching career began in 1954 as an assistant coach at Howard College. After working as an assistant coach at Howard for two years he was offered a head coaching position at South Georgia Junior College. Bobby stayed with South Georgia for two years pulling double duty as head coach of the football team and athletic director. Bobby

Pat Summitt. That name for some people means nothing. But to hundreds of others, it means everything. She was the main reason why women’s basketball became so competitive and why people started to watch it. Pat Summitt was never a loser and her tremendous win to loss ratio proves it. In the four decades that Summitt was part of the University of Tennessee she had a 1098-208 record. Famous women’s college basketball coach, Pat Summitt, victories and losses always contained courage, determination, and powerful leadership.

Michigan State University. In the decade of the 1950's, Michigan State head coach Clarence “Biggie”

Summitt graduated from college and went straight into coaching women’s basketball. “She was named head coach of the Lady Vols after the previous coach quit (“Pat Summitt”).” Summitt started coaching in the 70s and and her coaching career ended in the 2000s. Her players were close to the same age as her, during her first year of coaching. About a month into the season Summitt won her first game. “The Lady Vols had a winning season during Summitt’s second season coaching (“The Pat Summitt Foundation”).” Summitt led the Lady Vols to win the SEC tournament.

Do you think hurricanes are nothing compared to tornadoes? The Hurricane of 1938 was a catastrophic disaster that New England was not prepared for. The New Englanders were just going about business as usual and once the storm hit without warning, no one was prepared. The hurricane caused very high waves, destruction of property, and flooding.

Coach Steve Rocker is one of the most successful high school basketball coaches in Kentucky’s history. Coach Rocker was very successful in previous years. Strangely, this year was very different for him. For the first time in his professional life, he is falling short of his expectations, the community expectations, and the team’s expectations. His team lost a lot of games, but most importantly the boys had no motivation or desire to bring the team out of the rut they found themselves. His players have lost their will to win, their love for their teammates, and their passion to play. Coach Rocker’s motivational methods that have always worked before and resulted in success are now failing, and he doesn’t know why. He argues that his players have become selfish and bored with winning because they have been so successful in previous years. “And there’s no question that my guys have lost their drive to win because they’ve won so much in the past. Now all they want is individual ‘wins’…which just doesn’t cut it on a team” (Gongwer, 2010, p. 17).

Coaching basketball is about strategizing and directing the movements and actions of a basketball team or individual player. Coaches strategize and scout opposing teams and find ways to defeat them as easily as possible. A successful basketball coach needs to now the understanding of how to play the game. A basketball coach must be able to manage the duties of the job by recruiting the top players, get them in shape, make a team, motivate players and teach them how to play the game of basketball. Coaching is usually done by a single person, with the help of one or more assistants. A coach is the face of the team, helping it achieve the public relations goals of the organization and build a positive image that will improve recruiting. (Edmunds). A coach is responsibiable for setting up and an environment so that the team can use its skills and abilities to their full potential. Therefor a coach has to make a game plan for each game, so that his team will be ready for the next opponent. A coach has to know his team and the opponent abilities to be able to match his team up with the opponent. A coach must know to mix the players who can start right away and players he can develop into starters. A coach may want to put 12-15 players on the roster just in case of injuries. To get ready for the season the coach starts putting in offensive and defensive plays the will run and teach the players situational plays to fit the team style and running practices. During a game a coach has

Duke University is a private research college located in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838. But was moved to Durham in 1892. Today Duke is ranked as one of the the best ten top ten school in the country, ranked number eight. This well respected school has drawn many to apply due to their very exceptional academics, to their untouchable athletics program; from the fields to the courts, and most of all the beautiful eye catching campus.

The First World War was a war of many firsts. Not only was it the first true contemporary war, but it was also the first war that introduced new forms of industrial warfare, which resulted in many repercussions. One of these repercussions was the development of shell-shock or neurosis as a result of war in soldiers returning from the battle front. In “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Enrich Maria Remarque the psychological effect of industrial warfare on soldiers was depicted as a paradoxical combination of exhilaration on the battlefront as well as a deep state of numbness and melancholy.

Coach Mike Krzyzewski is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. He played point guard for the Cadet team. He retired from active duty in 1974 and started his coaching career. Coach K took over Duke during the 1980-81 season. He lead the Blue Devils to the NIT quarterfinals in his first year. Under his leadership the Blue

East Hall High School is where I conducted my coaching interview. I was granted the opportunity to interview one of the most prestige High School coaches in the state of Georgia; Joe Dix. Dix is the head coach for the boys’ Varsity basketball team at East Hall. Dix and his staff were conducting try outs during our coaching interview, which is was pumped about. Coach Dix talked about the pressure on him and his team to bring home a State Title this year since it’s been a decade since his last one. Joe Dix is in his 21st season as a basketball coach and his 11th as the head coach at East Hall. As the head coach at East Hall Dix has won 2 State Titles, with 5 Final Four appearances, and 7 Region Championships.

Some things that Michael did in his life to become the best basketball player was he earned a scolarship

In the excerpt “Forties” from the novel Reverence to Rape, Haskell examines the portrayal of women in the films from the forties. American screenwriters during this time portrayed female protagonists in a negative way. Women were displayed as severely evil and immoral beings. This was a great contrast to the sexually and morally free women in the films created in the thirties.