Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year

Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year

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Sports Illustrated has named Duke's Mike Krzyzewski and Tennessee's Pat Summitt its 2011 Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year. Here is a look at the careers of the legendary coaches.

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Summit, the captain of the U.S. team, takes a jump shot during the 1976 Summer Olympics. As a player she won an Olympic Silver medal in 1976 and a Pan American games gold in 1975.

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Krzyzewski poses with his retired #12 West Point jersey and a game ball from Army's 51-35 regular season victory over Navy during the 1968-69 season. Krzyzewski was the head coach at Army from 1975 to 1980.

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Summit gives an official a hard time during a game against Kentucky. Summit has been the head coach at Tennessee since 1974.

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Krzyzewski holds the net after winning the NCAA Midwest Regional Final in 1991. He would go on to win his first NCAA championship that season. He has led Duke to 11 Final Fours.

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Summit gets carried off the court by USA Olympic players after America defeated South Korea in the gold medal game. Summit also won a Silver medal as a player in the 1976 Olympics.

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Kobe Bryant and LeBron James pose with their Olympic coach before the 2008 Summer Olympics, where U.S. basketball earned a gold medal. Bryant verbally committed to play for Krzyzewski at Duke before bypassing college basketball to go directly from high school to the NBA.

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Summit looks on during a Lady Vols' practice in Knoxville during Tennessee's first national championship season under the Hall of Fame coach. She's led the squad to eight total NCAA championships.

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Bob Knight and Krzyzewski sit on the bench during the 1979 Pan American games in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Krzyzewski played for Knight at Army and coached under him at Army and Indiana.

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Summit walks the sidelines during her 1989 national championship season. She's won 16 SEC regular seasons and 15 SEC tournaments.

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Krzyzewski poses in front of tents in Durham, N.C. He has been the head coach at Duke since 1980.

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Summit cuts down the net after winning her third national championship in five years. The Lady Vols defeated Virginia 70-67.

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Krzyzewski talks to Duke forward Christian Laettner during a 1992 basketball practice. Laettner, the only college player ever to start in four Final Fours, helped Krzyzewski win NCAA titles in 1991 and 1992.

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Summit coaches her Lady Vols during a 2004 game against UConn. In 2004 Summit won her seventh NCAA coach of the year award.

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Krzyzewski sits next to his wife, Mickie, in 1992. The day Krzyzewski graduated from West Point the couple was married at the Catholic chapel on campus.

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Summit talks to star guard Candace Parker during a December game against North Carolina. Parker was the 2008 Naismith and Wooden award winner. She and Summit won two NCAA championships together.

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Krzyzewski celebrates with the Olympic team he coached after it defeated Spain in the gold medal game in Beijing. Krzyzewski also coached Team USA to gold at the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship and 2010 FIBA World Championships.

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Summit coaches her Lady Vols during a 2004 game against UConn. In 2004 Summit won her seventh NCAA coach of the year award.

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Krzyzewski looks on as Chauncey Billups, Tyson Chandler and Eric Gordon celebrate winning the 2010 World Basketball Championship. Krzyzewski has signed on to coach the 2012 U.S. Olympic team in London.

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Summit gets animated on the sidelines during the 2008 national championship game against Stanford. The Lady Vols won the game 64-48.

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Then-President George W. Bush receives a jersey from Krzyzewski after Duke's 2001 national championship season. Krzyzewski has led Duke to four NCAA titles.Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1111/mike-krzyzewski-classic-photos/content.13.html#ixzz1fgKwV68s

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Summit stands on the bench with her players during the 2011 NCAA tournament. The Lady Vols advanced to the Elite eight in Summit's 37th season as Tennessee's head women's basketball coach.

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Bob Knight uses Krzyzewski to explain his arrest in San Juan for getting into a pushing match with a Puerto Rican policeman. Krzyzewski was Knight's assistant at Indiana from 1974 to '75 and helped him coach the United States at the Pan American games in 1979.

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Summit stands with a 75,000 check to support Alzheimer's research. In August of 2011 she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's type early-onset dementia. Summit has 1,071 career victories. She's one of only three college coaches to reach 1,000 wins in any sports and leads all men's and women's collegiate basketball coaches.

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NCAA tournament MVP Shane Battier congratulates his coach after defeating Arizona 82-72 to win the national title. It was Krzyzewski's third NCAA championship.

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Summit looks on as her Tennessee Lady Vols take on the Baylor Bears in the NCAA Tournament. In 2011 Summit lead the Lady Vols to an SEC Championship and was named conference coach of the year for the eight time.

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University President Richard Brodhead honors Krzyzewski for coaching his 1,000th career game at Duke. Krzyzewski is the winningest coach in Division I history with 903 wins (830 of them at Duke).