Just My Type

The Interview

Mike Krzyzewski
COACH K

The boss of the Olympic gold medal team—and Duke—has a weekly XM radio show

Dan Patrick: Biggest guest you've had on?

Mike Krzyzewski: Mrs. [Barbara] Bush. And we just had Coach Knight on.

DP: You used to work for him at Army. Did you ever think that you would be coaching a game where he was the color analyst?

MK: No. I had to look over there a couple of times during our Southern Illinois game. I wondered if he thought we were playing good enough.

DP: Because he's coaching while he's broadcasting.

MK: I like it. It's different. He's talking about the game, which is a neat thing that a lot of analysts don't do.

DP: Did you try to dial Kobe down during Olympic practice? Because he practices the way he plays.