Coach K Hall of Famer

In choosing Knight, the rules were simple: A Hall of Fame member must be a presenter. For Krzyzewski, there was no second choice. Knight recruited him to go to Army in the mid-1960s. He played for him for four years. He followed him to Indiana to be an assistant before taking over at Army as head coach in 1976. Knight was a mentor to Krzyzewski throughout his coaching career, which began at Army and then …

…is doing. You honor a coach when they can still appreciate it and I'll appreciate the magnitude of this honor." And having Coach Knight to share such a honor with him seemed to complete the day and his career to this point, allowing it to come back full circle -- only a few hours from where it began with Knight at West Point over 30 years ago. Andy Katz is a senior writer at ESPN.com.