Coach K honors the great Pat Summitt after passing her on all-time wins list

Duke University men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski stands by himself with the most wins in Division 1 basketball history after his Blue Devils defeated Rhode Island in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.

With the win, Coach K surpasses the legendary Pat Summitt with the most wins in either men’s or women’s history. On the bench in Durham since 1980, Krzyzewski has won a whopping 1,099 games as the program’s head coach.

Rather than focus on his tremendous accomplishment, the always humble head coach shouted out the late-great Summitt, who he surpassed on Saturday.

Summitt coached the Volunteers women’s team from 1974-2012, earning NCAA Coach the Year honors seven times and bringing Tennessee a whopping eight national championships during her time in Knoxville. Summitt passed away back in June of 2016, years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

It’s pretty classy of Coach K to focus on her after he just broke such an impressive record. We applaud him for that.

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