However, it was announced Stevens was leaving the bench to become the Celtics director of basketball operations earlier Wednesday, so it seemed unlikely he would leave so quickly.īut Duke gaveScheyer the keys to a program that has become synonymous with college basketball. It's been noted many times Krzyzewski holds Stevens in high regard. He surprised many by leaving for the Boston Celtics in 2013. The thought has always been that Duke is the one job that would entice him back to college basketball. There also is one obvious possibility if they wanted to buck conventional wisdom and go outside the box.īrad Stevens had been mentioned as a possible successor since his time at Butler. 1 seed in the Western Conference.Īnd that's just inside the Duke family. If Duke wanted to look to the NBA, former player Quin Snyder led the Utah Jazz this season to the No. There's also former star point guard Bobby Hurley, who has led both Buffalo and Arizona State to the tournament. Capel had stepped in as interim coach for Coach K when the latter was sidelined with illnesses in 20. Jeff Capel, who has spent 12 years as a head coach spread among Virginia Commonwealth, Oklahoma and currently Pittsburgh, previously spent seven seasons as a Krzyzewski assistant before taking the Panthers job after the 2018 season. a college teammate of Amaker's, is entering his sixth season at Central Florida after eight years at Stanford. Tommy Amaker, former player in the 1980s, has been a coach for 24 years with stops at Seton Hall and Michigan before his current job at Harvard. OPINION: Why nobody will ever do it better than Coach K
Mike Brey, who was an assistant on Duke's first two national title teams in 19, has made 14 tournament appearance in his 26 years as a head coach, the last 21 with Notre Dame. It's also that it cast aside several other options with significantly more seasoning. The curious decision to pick Scheyer wasn't just in his lack of experience. You either love or hate the Blue Devils, with most of the school's many rivals falling in the latter category. His personality and success have put Duke as the epicenter of college basketball.
It's more than the five national titles at Duke or three gold medals won while coaching the U.S. It's more than the 12 Final Fours that tie him with John Wooden for the most ever. It's more than the 1,170 coaching victories that make him college basketball's all-time leader. That's how big of a shadow Coach K has cast during his tenure. Now, with seven years experience as a Duke assistant, he steps into arguably the biggest shoes to fill of any coach in the history of college athletics. It was just 11 years ago that Scheyer was leading the Blue Devils to the national title as a player. He has set a standard that every coach at every level should strive to achieve." Coach K has built the premier program in our sport thanks to his unwavering competitive edge, a tireless attention to detail, a family-first approach and a remarkable compassion and care of his players, coaches, and staff. First, I offer extreme gratitude to the greatest coach of all time whose career is unrivaled in basketball.
"Duke University has been a central part of my life for more than a decade, and I could not ask for a better place to continue my career," Scheyer said in a statement. So the decision to select associate head coach Jon Scheyer as Coach K's replacement when he finishes his 42nd season at the school was as jarring as the thought of Krzyzewski no longer being on the Duke sideline after next year. Names that had been discussed for more than a decade with each going up and down as they navigated their careers as head coaches. There were plenty of former Duke players and assistants on his coaching tree to choose from. Speculation about future successors has been going on for years, so the school wasn't caught flat-footed when Krzyzewski finally made the decision to walk away. The reality of his pending departure was made more inevitable as he turned 74 and the Blue Devils missed the tournament during an erratic COVID-19 season that also saw nearby rival Roy Williams leave North Carolina. The idea that Mike Krzyzewski was going to retire as the Duke men's basketball coach soon was pretty obvious. Watch Video: Legendary Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski to retire after upcoming season
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