Krzyzewski recently told ESPN he has has pledged to remain as coach the Duke University coach for at least another five seasons, despite all the NBA overtures that are coming his way.
"I'm looking forward to the next five years," Krzyzewski told the website during his end-of-season address. "What do we do in the next five, not just what do we do next season. What are the decisions? The first thing is, I look at me. I'm going to be here. This past year I had a few setbacks, and I had an episode with health at the Wake game. I wanted to clear the air that I'm good. I'm going forward."
Now 67, Krzyzewski already leads all Division I men's coaches with 983 wins, despite being hospitalized and sidelined in previous seasons such from such symptoms as light-headedness and over-fatigue
"I try not to look at how we run our program in one-year periods or based on one game, whether that means you've won the national championship or you got eliminated like we did this year," Krzyzewski said. "I really don't think that's the way to run a program."
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Krzyzewski classified this year's Jabari Parker led season, which finished at 26- as streaky, as streaky and said he does not know whether he or sophomore Rodney Hood next season enter the NBA draft.
"Yes, we could play defense better, but fundamentally the thing that we missed was on-court leadership play after play," Krzyzewski said.
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