Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski told ESPN that the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will be his last as the head coach of the U.S. men's national team.
"I think it's time to move ahead. During the next season there will be a number of decisions made about the future of USA Basketball with Rio [the roster] and coaching," Krzyzewski told ESPN's Andy Katz. "There has to be a succession... a planned succession with really good people so we can keep the continuity of the program going.''
Krzyzewski has spent the past decade on the sidelines with the U.S. national team, assuming the position Oct. 26, 2005. After Team USA struggled to a bronze medal finish at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, the five-time national champion led the United States to gold medals at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and the 2012 Olympics in London.
Krzyzewski previously announced he would step down following the 2012 Olympics, but later accepted an invitation from USA Basketball president Jerry Colangelo to return to lead the U.S. men's national team through the Rio Olympics.
"It's the ultimate honor, really, to coach our country's team, and it's the ultimate honor of a player to play for his country's team," Krzyzewski said in 2013. "When I said I wasn't going to do it, I felt that I wasn't going to do it. I felt it gave USA Basketball an opportunity to look at everything. I wanted to still become a part of USA Basketball. That started the discussions of staying involved."
In his interview with Katz, Krzyzewski said he is interested in moving on to a new role within USA Basketball, but did not advocate for any particular person to replace him beyond saying that the new coach of the national team should be someone with prior international coaching experience.
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