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Coach K ready to transition program he built
DURHAM — When Mike Krzyzewski enters the media room at Cameron Indoor Stadium, he’s often joined by a small group of people in the back of the room. They’re ushered in just as Coach K […]
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Duke had options for next hoops coach
DURHAM — It only took a few hours after Mike Krzyzewski announced his decision to retire as Duke’s basketball coach last Wednesday for top assistant Jon Scheyer to be named as his replacement-in-waiting. The speed […]
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‘I was happy. It’s time’: The Duke family reacts to Krzyzewski’s planned swan song
DURHAM — Nolan Smith knew the day would eventually come. No one, after all — not even an institution such as Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski — can coach forever. That knowledge still didn’t prepare him for […]
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KREST: New coaches could inject more venom into Duke-Carolina
The Duke-North Carolina rivalry has extended its borders this year as the schools held dueling press conferences to introduce their new coaches. Both teams have maintained an other-worldly level of success for generations and have […]
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The Devil you know: Scheyer set to replace Mike Krzyzewski
DURHAM — Jon Scheyer has won plenty of awards in his basketball career, but the perfect attendance ribbon is not one of them. As he was being introduced Friday morning as the next Blue Devils […]
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College basketball world reacts to Coach K retirement announcement
DURHAM — Mike Krzyzewski plans to coach one more season before turning over control of the Duke basketball program to former Blue Devils point guard and current assistant Jon Scheyer. Still, Wednesday’s announcement that the […]
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Coach K prepares for farewell
DURHAM — Duke basketball prepared for the beginning of the end, as coach Mike Krzyzewski met with the media to announce that the upcoming 2021-22 season would be his last. The announcement came 15,054 days […]
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Coach K to step down after 2021-22 season
Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, the winningest coach in college basketball history, plans to retire after one more season with the Blue Devils, the university’s athletic department announced Wednesday. The 74-year-old Hall of Famer has coached at […]
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Wake Forest hires former ETSU coach, longtime Forbes assistant to basketball staff
WINSTON-SALEM — Wake Forest has hired former East Tennessee State head coach Jason Shay as an assistant. The school announced Shay’s hiring Tuesday. Shay led ETSU for one season after Steve Forbes left the Buccaneers […]
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Muggsy Bogues on reaching the heights of his sport
Muggsy Bogues believes he beat the odds, and it had nothing to do with being a 5-foot-3 basketball player. “I was one of the lucky ones,” he said. “I mean, I got shot at the […]