Duffy, Pete and an Irish Setter named Duffy

PHOTO: Pete Newell coached at Michigan State four seasons, including the Spartans’ Big Ten debut, 1950-51. He was hired as MSU’s 35-year-old head coach after four seasons as the University of San Francisco’s head coach, Kneeling with Newell: L-R Dick Wesling and Ricky Ayala. Back row L-R: Keith Stackhouse, Bob Armstrong, Erik Furseth. By TOM SHANAHAN Two Michigan State football coaches won national titles, Biggie Munn and Duffy Daugherty. Two Michigan State basketball coaches won national championships, Jud…

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Looking back at Coach K and the early lesson

The first time Mike Krzyzewski crossed into my basketball circle was decades ago, although I was unaware who he was. No one knew the future Coach K was on a course to fame that started as an Indiana graduate assistant coach under his mentor, Bobby Knight. Krzyzewski, by then a retired Army captain upon fulfilling his West Point military commitment, had played for Knight at Army, graduating in 1969. Knight later helped Coach K land the Army job…

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