Keynote Speaker

April 22 - 23, 2003
The Friday Center
Chapel Hill, NC

Krzyzewski, winner of three national championships during his 22-year career at Duke and New York Times best-selling author of Leading with the Heart, will discuss his leadership style and explain how this approach transfers into the world of business. Continuing to build on his well-earned reputation as one of the top college basketball coaches of all-time, Coach K has led Duke to three national championships and the last four consecutive final AP number one rankings. Krzyzewski's record as Duke's all-time winningest coach heading into the 2003 season offers evidence of his success.

Although he has earned nearly every award imaginable, Krzyzewski was rewarded with perhaps the ultimate honor in basketball in 2001 when he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In addition, Time magazine and CNN named Krzyzewski "America's Best Coach" in 2001 as part of a joint venture between the two media outlets. The criteria for the selection was not limited to any sport or any level of play.

Add another piece to Krzyzewski's already impressive resume - best-selling author. Coach K has coauthored two recent books with Texas writer Don Phillips published by Warner Books. Leading with the Heart, emphasizing Krzyzewski's successful strategies for basketball, business and life, was released in 2000. It reached the New York Times best-seller list. He also completed the story of Duke's 2001 national championship season, Five-Point Play, which was released in the fall of 2001.

Conference Co-chairs:
Chris Matton, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Steve Nelson, Wakefield Group, L.P.