DURHAM — There’s much to learn about Mike Krzyzewski by watching him coach basketball. But the way he has created and given the Emily K Center a vision is telling, too. After a day full of obligations attached to his agreement to coach the USA Basketball through 2016, Krzyzewski came to the nonprofit center named after his mother that was founded in 2006. He was the keynote speaker for the second annual May March, a graduation ceremony for the 15 seniors who had completed the Scholars to College program. All 15 came from low-income backgrounds, and, with the help of the center’s after-school program, all found the necessary recourses to continue their education. It’s a sight Krzyzewski couldn’t have imagined six years ago, when he was approached by Farther David McBriar, then a priest at nearby Immaculate Conception, about wanting
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