Coach K and Dean Smith

Great article about how their relationship evolved through a fierce rivalry.

His career. The building he was standing in. The peace and friendship he found with Smith toward the end of his life. There was a significance that Krzyzewski’s final home game would come against North Carolina, beyond the routine familiarity that every other regular season ends that way, with a home game against the Tar Heels.

“There’s a level of security there,” he said, “because you’re in this penthouse of excellence. But you don’t get all of it. You’ve got to fight like hell for some of it. And then you respect how the others have fought like hell for it.”

https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article258916333.html