Coach K Yells at Duke's Cameron Crazies After Chants at Pitt's Jeff Capel

It's not unusual to see Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski blow a gasket in a game, whether because of his players, his opponents or the refs. But to see Coach K lose it on his own fans? That's new.

Duke's Cameron Crazies were on the receiving end of a halftime scolding from the legendary coach after they directed chants at Pitt head coach Jeff Capel.   

"I don't know if I made a mistake on that, but I've never heard another coach's name yelled out in the middle of the first half when we're in a war with the team," Krzyzewski told reporters after the game. "I don't know if they were saying, 'Come sit with me.'

"We got a different look at what the hell was going on. I thought it was something personal. ... I apologize to the students for that."

Coach K added:

"You shouldn't say that. ... In the middle of the first half and an ACC game, this isn't some cutesy little thing," he said.

"I'm not going to go say, 'Will you please tell me exactly what you're doing?' So it's a mistake on my part, but I'd rather make the mistake and protect my guy. ... Let's think of a different cheer—like 'Defense!'"

Capel was an assistant under Krzyzewski for eight seasons and was seen by some as Coach K's eventual successor. Or at least that was the case until he took the job at Pitt in March 2018.

Capel's return to Duke this time around didn't go the way Krzyzewski had hoped. With his fans taunting the one-time Blue Devil, Coach K yelled for them to "shut up" because Capel is "one of us," and he was initially restrained by a referee before making his way over to the student section.

No. 9 Duke went on to defeat Pitt 79-67.