Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski ,right center, speaks with his assistant coaches Steve Wojciechowski,left,Johnny Dawkins,left center,Chris Collins,center, and Chris Spatola,Graduate Assistant,right, during practice in Durham, N.C., Friday, Oct. 26, 2007. It's not uncommon to see coach Krzyzewski turn to former players when hiring assistants. Their experience becomes a ready-made resource for current players adjusting to the demands of college life, academics and being a scholarship athlete. That is particularly valuable at a high-profile program like Duke, where Krzyzewski has won three national championships and reached 10 Final Fours while creating a standard that's nearly impossible even for him to match each season. Steeped in that tradition, Dawkins, Wojciechowski and Collins remain fiercely loyal lieutenants and trusted confidants to the man who has become college basketball's marquee name.
United States head coach Mike Krzyzewski (L) hugs Lebron James (C) as he comes to the bench with teammate Chauncey Billups in the game against Argentina during the FIBA Americas regional qualifying basketball tournament to decide two berths for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, in Las Vegas, Nevada, September 2, 2007.