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Mike Krzyzewski to Step Down as US Hoops Team Mentor
Fitzgerald Cecilio
Durham, NC
After helping restore USA Basketball to its old glory during his seven-year stint, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski has announced that he will not return to mentor the national team after the Blue Devils' season.
In a phone interview with ESPN Radio, Krzyzewski said USA Basketball will likely name his successor this summer in preparation for the 2014 world championships in Madrid.
"I've loved, loved, loved, and it's been an honor being with the USA Basketball team," Krzyzewski said. "And to coach the team and work with chairman and president Jerry Colangelo for seven years has been marvelous."
While he leaves the team in a good spot, Krzyzewski said "we need to keep building."
He was hired by Colangelo in the wake of the team's disappointing sixth-place finish at the 2002 World Championships in Indianapolis and a bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics in Greece.
Under Krzyzewski's leadership, Team USA beat Spain in consecutive Olympic finals in Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012.
The Americans also won the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey without a single Olympian on the roster.
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