<P> From 1969 to 1974, Krzyzewski served in the United States Army and directed service teams for three years . In 2005, he was presented West Point's Distinguished Graduate Award . </P> <P> He was discharged from active duty in 1974 and started his coaching career as an assistant on Knight's staff with the Indiana Hoosiers during their historic 1974--75 season . After one year with Indiana, Krzyzewski returned to West Point as head coach of the Army Cadets . He led the Cadets to a 73--59 record and one NIT berth in five seasons . </P> <P> On March 18, 1980, Krzyzewski was named the head coach at Duke University after five seasons at Army . After a few rebuilding seasons, he and the Blue Devils became a fixture on the national basketball scene with 31 NCAA Tournament berths in the past 32 years and 22 consecutive from 1996 to 2017, which is the second - longest current streak of tournament appearances behind Kansas, which has appeared in the tournament in 27 consecutive seasons . Overall, he has taken his program to postseason play in 31 of his 34 years at Duke and is the most winning active coach in men's NCAA Tournament play with an 86--25 record for a . 767 winning percentage . His Duke teams have won 13 ACC Championships, been to 12 Final Fours, and won five NCAA tournament National Championships . </P> <P> On February 13, 2010, Krzyzewski coached in his 1,000 th game as the Duke head coach . On March 20, 2011, Krzyzewski won his 900th game, becoming the second of three Division I men's basketball coaches to reach 900 basketball wins, the other two being Jim Boeheim at Syracuse and his head coach at Army, Bob Knight . On November 15, 2011, Krzyzewski got his 903rd win passing Knight's record for most Division I wins . In an interview of both men on ESPN the previous night, Krzyzewski discussed the leadership skills he learned from Knight and the United States Military Academy . Knight credited Krzyzewski's understanding of himself and his players as keys to his success over the years . </P>

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