George & Barbara Bush Foundation
The Post Oak Hotel
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1600 West Loop South Freeway, Houston, TX, USA
- Business Attire
Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K)
Friend of President and Mrs. Bush, Duke University Men’s Basketball Coach & USA National Team Coach
A standard of excellence on the basketball court, superb graduation rates for his players and a basketball culture that was as close as family are all attributes that reflect on the man who spent nearly five decades as the head coach at Duke University and the United States Military Academy, Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski. Coach K, the winningest coach in NCAA Division I men’s basketball history with 1,202 career victories, was the gold standard of college basketball coaches. Krzyzewski established men’s basketball records for most Final Fours (13), most NCAA Tournament victories (101), most NCAA Tournament appearances by a coach (36), most games at No. 1 in the country (254), most weeks as No. 1 in the country (127), most Atlantic Coast Conference victories (535), and most ACC Tournament championships (15). He mentored and developed four NBA Draft No. 1 selections, 29 NBA Lottery picks, 46 NBA First Round selections, 73 overall draft picks – all records by a college coach. But most impressive during his college career were the five National Championships earned at Duke (1991, 1992, 2001, 2010 and 2015) that make Coach K one of only three coaches in NCAA history to earn four or more NCAA crowns. Krzyzewski’s head coaching prowess extended well beyond Duke and Army. Additionally, for 11 years, he served as the head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team from 2005-16. Coach K orchestrated a revitalization of USA Basketball in that time, leading the program to an 88-1 record in international competitions and winning Olympic gold medals at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Games, as well as the World Championships in 2010 and 2014. A 12-time National Coach of the Year, Sports Illustrated named Krzyzewski its Sportsman of the Year in 2011. Krzyzewski has been honored by USA Basketball seven times as the recipient or co-recipient of the USA Basketball National Coach of the Year Award. He is the only men’s coach to have won gold medals at the Olympics and the FIBA World Cup, while also possessing at least one NCAA Championship. A testament to his considerable success, Coach K is a member the Naismith Memorial Basketball, FIBA, National Collegiate Basketball, and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Halls of Fame. In addition to being a Co-Founder of the Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics, Krzyzewski serves as a Professor of the Practice of Leadership at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke. The Coach K Center at Duke has directly influenced the leadership development of more than 7,500 MBA students and executives since 2004. The Board Chair of the Emily Krzyzewski Center in Durham, N.C., Krzyzewski founded the center that has served thousands of students since its inception in 2006. Coach K has been on the Board of Directors at the V Foundation since the beginning in 1993. Annually in Napa Valley, he and his wife Mickie host the V Foundation Wine Celebration, an event that has raised tens of millions of dollars in the fight against cancer.
A room block has been reserved at The Post Oak at a reduced rate. Reservations must be made by January 10 for the rate to apply. Please call (844) 386-1600 and reference the George & Barbara Bush Foundation Presidential Salute or click the link below.
A room block has been reserved at The Post Oak at a reduced rate. Reservations must be made by January 10 for the rate to apply. Please call (844) 386-1600 and reference the George & Barbara Bush Foundation Presidential Salute or click the link below.
