From the monthly archives:
Phoenix Suns head coach Mike D’Antoni (or, per SI.com, former Phoenix Suns head coach) works under Mike Krzyzewski on Team USA and had a major influence on this year’s Duke team. After a summer with D’Antoni, Krzyzewski incorporated some of the NBA coach’s innovative offensive techniques to allow Duke to spread the floor and maximize [...]
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Over at the Charlotte Observer, Ken Tysiac offers his opinion that Duke should try and replace former associate head coach Johnny Dawkins on the bench with an outsider. “Loyal though he is to his former players, Krzyzewski ought to resist the urge to hire any of them,” Tysiac writes. “He should hire somebody who doesn’t [...]
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In a recent blog post about recruiting talent to companies, Wayne Wilson, principal of a business advisory services firm in Virginia, used a quote from head football coach David Cutcliffe as an epigraph. The post, titled “Do you have enough players on your team?” starts with this pearl from the affable and gregarious first-year coach:
“We’ve [...]
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In his latest preseason college basketball rankings (that’s right, this isn’t the first), Sports Illustrated’s Luke Winn ranked Duke No. 4 in the country, a step-up from his last poll, in which the Blue Devils were ninth. The only thing they have done in the time between polls is lose Taylor King to Villanova, but [...]
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Before Johnny Dawkins could utter his first public words as Stanford’s new head coach, the Cardinal’s athletic director, Bob Bowlsby, stole the spotlight.
“Coach Krzyzewski said that Johnny was a likely successor to him,” Bowlsby said at the press conference, citing a recent conversation with Mike Krzyzewski.
Of course, the idea that Dawkins could be the man [...]
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Defensive end Patrick Bailey didn’t hear his name called on either day of the 2008 NFL Draft. Instead, he signed a free-agent contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday, after the last pick had been made. He heads to Steelers minicamp this weekend.
Bailey was arguably Duke’s best defensive player last season, ranking in the top 10 [...]
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One of the more overlooked aspects of men’s basketball associate head coach Johnny Dawkins’ taking the head coaching position at Stanford is how the whole process began: with former Director of Athletics Joe Alleva, of course.
Alleva became LSU’s new athletic director April 4.
Alleva hired former Stanford head coach Trent Johnson April 9.
Stanford hired Dawkins Saturday.
One [...]
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Given Johnny Dawkins’ departure from the Duke bench, the one question that immediately comes to mind is obvious: Who will replace Dawkins on Duke’s coaching staff? Here are a few names The Chronicle thinks you should keep your eyes on:
THE FAVORITE: Nate James. James, who played at Duke from 1997-2001, was on the sideline last [...]
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Check out an expanded slideshow by clicking on one of the photos. All photos by The Chronicle’s online photo editor, Lawson Kurtz.
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–by Lawson Kurtz
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POSTGAME Duke 11, Virginia 9. In all, Virginia scored six fourth quarter goals to Duke’s zero, dominating every facet of the game down the stretch. But, alas, it was too little, too late, and the Blue Devils held on by the skin of their noses for their second straight ACC Tourament title and fifth overall. [...]
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