22 Famous Athletes You Didn’t Know Were Republicans

11. Mike Krzyzewski

The iconic college coach has won five national championships at Duke University as well as three Olympic gold medals on the sidelines for USA Basketball. Krzyzewski, himself a former basketball player at West Point, is also a long time Republican donor who has not been especially shy about his politics, taking heat from the New York Times in 2004 for hosting a fundraiser for Republican Senate candidate Elizabeth Dole.