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Amile Jefferson joins Duke as director of player development

Former Duke men’s basketball captain Amile Jefferson has been added to the staff as the team’s director of player development. “This is an honor to be back at Duke and I’m so grateful to Coach Krzyzewski for considering me for this opportunity,” said Jefferson. “I’d also like to thank Coach Scheyer for his help through the process and look forward to his leadership in the future.”

3 months ago – via Duke University Blue Devils Official Athletics Site

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Grant Hill was not looking for new things to do. He’s on the board of trustees at Duke, his alma mater where he played for Mike Krzyzewski. He’s an investor, broadcaster, public speaker, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, co-owner and vice chairman of the Atlanta Hawks, and a member of the board of directors at the NCAA. He says no to plenty of things. And then USA Basketball came calling.

3 months ago – via Tim Reynolds @ Associated Press

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That call led to Hill adding one more job to his portfolio. When the Tokyo Olympics end, he will replace Jerry Colangelo and become managing director of USA Basketball’s men’s national team — a most challenging task that he’ll begin with the Americans just a few months away from resuming qualifying for the 2023 Basketball World Cup and with an eye already on the 2024 Paris Olympics.

3 months ago – via Tim Reynolds @ Associated Press

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“Another opportunity to represent your country, to serve your country in this capacity, that was the reason for me,” Hill said. “I think also understanding how important, how significant the Olympic experience was for me back in 1996 and wanting to help recreate for young men who are coming through the NBA and want to be a part of this. It’s almost a calling in a lot of ways.”

3 months ago – via Tim Reynolds @ Associated Press

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His mission now: Take the torch from Colangelo and win more, many more. “Grant has been around us over the years and our training camps, because of relationships with myself, with of course Coach K, his coach in college,” Colangelo said. “He’s very aware. There’s been a lot of conversation. There’ll be plenty more conversation. And it’s not rocket science. It really isn’t. It’s all about relationships, and he’s very good at relationships so I feel very confident in passing this on to Grant Hill.”

3 months ago – via Tim Reynolds @ Associated Press

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Former NBA player Amile Jefferson joining Mike Krzyzewski's staff at Duke

Duke’s coaching staff will have a new member in the near future. Amile Jefferson will join the program as director of player development, according to a statement head coach Mike Krzyzewski made on a June 30 podcast. Krzyzewski was a guest on The Steam Room with EJ and Chuck.

3 months ago – via The Duke Chronicle

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One of the first players to commit was Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard, who let go of old scar tissue. Lillard is still bitter about what happened in 2014 when he was the final cut before Team USA went to Spain for the World Cup, sources said. Lillard felt he had secured a spot on the roster that year after talking to then-head coach Mike Krzyzewski, but the team pivoted and kept an extra center. The Blazers’ star said all the right things publicly, but the decision burned him for years.

4 months ago – via Brian Windhorst @ ESPN

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