Mike Krzyzewski attends first game at Cameron Indoor Stadium since retirement as Blue Devils end losing streak
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For the first time since retiring from college basketball, coach Mike Krzyzewski attended a Duke basketball game.
Coach K was in attendance Tuesday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium as the Duke Blue Devils defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 68-64.
Mike Krzyzewski, former head coach of the Duke Blue Devils, and his wife Mickie watch the Notre Dame game at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Feb. 14, 2023, in Durham, North Carolina. (Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
Krzyzewski and his wife, Mickie, sat courtside for the game for the first time since the legendary coach called it a career last April.
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Krzyzewski retired after losing to North Carolina in the Final Four, and as the winner of 1,202 games and five national championships after 47 years of coaching.
He’s largely stayed away from the program as former Duke player Jon Scheyer has coached his first season of college basketball.
His return to Durham, North Carolina, was almost spoiled by a Notre Dame team that cut its deficit to just two points with 1:25 left in the game after being down by as much as 14.
But Kyle Filipowski scored 22 points and Scheyer became the first men’s ACC coach to win his first 13 games at home.
Former Duke Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski and his wife, Mickie Krzyzewski, attend the game against Notre Dame on Feb. 14, 2023. (Lance King/Getty Images)
"For him to be here tonight, you know it’s special for me," Scheyer said after the game. "I’ve been in so many battles and games here with him. With him right next to me. I don’t know how he felt sitting