Coach K

Michael William Krzyzekwski, who thankfully is known by the easier-to-type sobriquet Coach K, is the men’s basketball at Duke University. During his 27 years at Duke, he has won 5 NCAA Championships, appeared in 12 Final Fours, won 12 ACC Regular Season titles, and claimed 14 ACC Tournament Championships (that’s 14 in only 27 years – or slightly more than once every other year).

His coaching success is not limited to college. As the head coach of the US Men’s Basketball Olympics Head Coach he’s won the gold medal in 2008, 2012, and 2016. He was also on the coaching staff when the USA Basketball won the Olympic Gold in 1984 and 1992 (as part of the Dream Team).

Most recently, Coach K won his 1,000th game at Duke last Saturday night and the week got better for him when he beat Michigan State on Tuesday for his 1,001st win at Duke. In the twelve head-to-head match ups between Coach K and Tom Izzo at Michigan State, Coach K has prevailed 11 times. 

ducal 

of, like, or relating to a duke or dukedom

late 15c., from Middle French ducal (15c.), from Late Latin ducalis, from Latin dux (genitive ducis), from PIE root *deuk- "to lead."

*deuk – 

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to lead."

It forms all or part of: abduce; abducent; abduct; abduction; adduce; aqueduct; circumduction; conduce; conducive; conduct; conductor; conduit; deduce; deduction; dock (n.1) "ship's berth;" doge; douche; ducal; ducat; Duce; duchess; duchy; duct; ductile; duke (n.); educate; education; induce; induction; introduce; introduction; misconduct; produce; production; reduce; reduction; seduce; seduction; subduce; subduction; taut; team (n.); teem (v.1) "abound, swarm, be prolific;" tie (n.); tow (v.); traduce; transducer; tug; zugzwang.

It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Latin dux (genitive ducis) "leader, commander," in Late Latin "governor of a province," ducere "to lead;" Old English togian "to pull, drag," teonteon "to pull, drag;" German Zaum "bridle," ziehen "to draw, pull, drag;" Middle Welsh dygaf "I draw."