Coach K to Coach USA: Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski has been officially announced as the coach of the U.S. national team for the 2006 World Championships and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Krzyzewski served as an assistant to the first “Dream Team” in Barcelona in 1992, where NBA stars were used to land the gold medal. Krzyzewski was previously considered for the head coaching vacancy for the Los Angeles Lakers during the 2004 offseason. Krzyzewski beat out Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs and Pat Riley of the Miami Heat. No announcement has been made as to his Duke coaching duties during preparations for the two international events. [10/26/05]
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The Seven C’s of Leadership
Former college basketball coach Mike Jarvis is back with a new book, The Seven C's of Leadership.
"Every one of us has leadership within us and this book offers fascinating principals that work in any setting—from the locker room to the executive board room. In The Seven C's of Leadership, Coach Jarvis lays out the essential ingredients of leadership."
-Jay Wright, NCAA Championship Men’s Basketball Coach, Villanova University
"At a time in America when we are witnessing an epidemic of opioid addictions and deaths, along with suicides, we need Coach Jarvis' Seven C's of Leadership – grounded in the power of Christ alone where we should all make our stand.”
-Lietenant Colonel Allen B. West (U.S. Army, Retired), Bronze Star recipient, and Member 112th U.S. Congress
"The Seven C's of Leadership is a slam dunk! Coach Jarvis has always been an outstanding leader because he has the ability to decipher what true leadership really means.”
-Dale Brown, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, LSU, 1972-1997, Member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame, and Shaquille O’Neal’s college coach