Duke's Mike Kryzewski and Tennessee's Pat Summitt - college basketball's winningest men's and women's coaches - have been named Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year by Sports Illustrated.
Krzyzewski recently passed his mentor, Bob Knight, to take first place on the Division I men's basketball all-time coaching wins list with win number 903. Summitt, coach of Tennessee's Lady Vols, has won more games than any of her counterparts, male or female - 1,075 and counting.? She continues to coach the team despite being diagnosed with early-onset dementia earlier this year.
The last college basketball coach to win Sportsman of the Year honors was North Carolina's Dean Smith in 1997. UCLA legend John Wooden is the only other college basketball coach so honored.
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