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SPORTSWOMAN SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

DOUBLE ISSUE

Pat Summitt

Tennessee Lady Volunteers

Mike Krzyzewski

Duke Blue Devils

In 1991, Summitt netted her third national championship, in New Orleans

"For their endurance, for their adaptability, for their genius for hatching from adversity even more success and for their willingness to take up causes beyond the comfort of their own campuses—indeed, for modeling what it means to be public diplomats as well as great coaches—we honor Pat Summitt and Mike Krzyzewski as SI's 2011 Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year.... The two share so many things that they deserve to be studied, not just honored, jointly."

—Alexander Wolff, page 50

That same year Krzyzewski cut the Midwest twine en route to his first NCAA title

Pat Summitt

8 NCAA titles

1,075 wins in 38 seasons

8 national coach of the year awards

Mike Krzyzewski

4 NCAA titles

907 wins in 37 seasons

12 national coach of the year awards

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ON THE COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY SIMON BRUTY

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DAMIAN STROHMEYER (SUMMITT IN 1991)

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RICHARD MACKSON (KRZYZEWSKI IN '91)