Lucas joins Carrawell, 44, and recently-promoted assistant coach Amile Jefferson, 28, on staff, as well as former Elon coach Mike Schrage, 46, who joined Duke earlier this month as a special assistant. “People attract people, you know what I mean? So, you know real when you see it, and I felt that way when we first started talking. “It’s just the understanding of who he is and him being authentic,” Lucas said. Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski watches during practice for the mens Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, April 1, 2022, in New Orleans. Lucas called Scheyer “genuine” as the two shared the podium Tuesday, adding that he respected Scheyer’s honest approach toward recruits. He’s currently an assistant coach with the Houston Rockets. His father, John Lucas II, is a Durham native who starred at Hillside High School and in college at Maryland before his 14-year NBA career. The two played against each other in high school (Scheyer was quick to remind Lucas that his team won), and although Lucas grew up in Texas – playing for Florida and then Texas before becoming an assistant under Rick Barnes in Austin – he has deep roots in the triangle. Lucas, 33, is the first Duke basketball hire this century without a playing career that went through Durham. Scheyer completed his coaching staff this week with the hire of Jai Lucas, 33, a Kentucky assistant with no affiliation with the Duke program but a reputation as one of the best young recruiters in the game. That level may also include a different direction than his former boss. “Since I got on staff in 2018, you know, he’s been a guy that you knew was going to be a head coach, you just didn’t know it would be here. “Jon is built for this,” associate head coach Chris Carrawell said. More: Duke's Wendell Moore announces he's entering the NBA Draft More: Duke's Paolo Banchero will enter the NBA Draft Scheyer added Northwestern 6-10 center Ryan Young from the transfer portal on Saturday for a Duke squad that will have no returning big men but will add the 7-1 Lively and 6-11 Flipowski. Scheyer might be 1,202 wins and five national titles behind his predecessor, but in the month since taking over as Duke’s basketball coach, Scheyer has continued to collect wins on the recruiting trail. “It’s been 11 months since I found out I was going to be the next head coach, and my goal from the beginning was to think about October 2022 and to feel like we’re in a position to pursue a national championship,” Scheyer said. More: 'He does everything with his heart:' Duke's Coach K makes final bow about his team Thirty-one days after a devastating 81-77 loss to North Carolina in the national semifinal ended Krzyzewski’s Hall of Fame coaching career, it was the 34-year-old Jon Scheyer – named Coach K’s replacement before the beginning of last season – who answered questions about the future of a blue-blooded program that know rests on his young shoulders.
DURHAM – The stark reality of Mike Krzyzewski’s departure from Duke basketball became clear as his successor strolled into Tuesday’s news conference at Cameron Indoor Stadium and took a seat behind a podium that had been reserved for the past 42 years.
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