DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — A Durham highway now has former Duke University men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski’s name on it.
Officials with the North Carolina Department of Transportation, leaders from Duke University, Durham and others honored Coach K on Friday by officially designating NC 751 (Cameron Boulevard) from Kerley Road to Duke University Road in Durham as the Coach K Highway.
Governor Roy Cooper, who was unable to attend, offered a video message played during Friday’s ceremony at Cameron Indoor Stadium near the road now bearing Krzyzewski’s name.
“This highway sign will mark Coach K’s drive to the Duke campus each day,” Cooper said. “And it will no doubt inspire others to travel the road to their kind of greatness. Congratulations Coach K, and thank you for your friendship, leadership and all you have done for our state.”
The North Carolina Board of Transportation passed a resolution last May to designate the highway for the Hall of Fame coach.
Krzyzewski coached the Duke men’s basketball team from 1980 to 2022. He won 1,129 games and five national championships as head coach. With 1,202 wins over Coach K’s entire career, he ranks as one of the winningest coaches in basketball history.
Coach K serves on the boards for the Duke University Children’s Hospital and the V Foundation for Cancer Research. He also founded the Emily K Center, a nonprofit organization he named after his mother that helps students chart paths toward college.