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...athletic director on what we thought about each candidate, and they’re going to make their decisions from there,” Blankenau said. After meeting up with Amaker, players on the team said they are looking forward to the potential opportunity of playing under the former Duke University basketball star. “[Amaker] was a tremendous person. When he was in that room, he got everyone motivated right away,” guard Andrew R. Pusar ’09 said. “Numerous people said if he was the coach, they would want...
...delighted Tommy Amaker is joining us at Harvard," Scalise said in the official release. "He has been a well-respected head coach at the highest level of college basketball, and his experience as a player and assistant at Duke, where athletic and academic success is paramount, makes him a terrific fit. We're looking forward to the support of the Harvard and local communities as we pursue our first Ivy League championship in men's basketball...
Amaker was an All-America point guard for Duke under coach Mike Krzyzewski, helping the Blue Devils reach the national title game in 1986 and winning the national defensive player of the year award as a senior the following year...
Amaker, a former Duke star in the 1980s, has not officially said yes to the reported offer, but “is expected to accept,” according to the Globe...
Amaker was a point guard at Duke University under coach Mike Krzyzewski, playing on the team that lost in the NCAA championship game in 1986, the same season Amaker won the national Defensive Player of the Year award. He was an assistant coach under Kryzewski at Duke from 1988-97 before getting his first head coaching job at Seton Hall University. In four years in New Jersey he never failed to make the postseason, as the Pirates advanced to the National Invitational Tournament three times and reaching the NCAA Tournament Sweet...