Duke and basketball coach Jon Scheyer have agreed to a brand new six-year deal that may hold him round Durham by way of the 2030-31 season, in accordance with ESPN. Scheyer, who changed legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski, beforehand signed an extension in 2023 that ran by way of 2029.
Scheyer is lower than a yr faraway from main the Blue Devils to the 2025 Closing 4, this system’s first in three years. He additionally has 89 wins by way of his first three seasons in cost, tying former Butler coach Brad Stevens and present Illinois coach Brad Underwood for essentially the most in Division I historical past in that span.
Scheyer’s Blue Devils completed the 2024-25 season with a 35-4 report, marking the primary time that Scheyer has received 30 video games in a single season. It was additionally this system’s finest report in a decade. That included a 19-1 report in convention play as Duke received each the ACC Event and the ACC common season crown. Previous to taking on within the wake of Krzyzewski’s retirement, Scheyer was an assistant at Duke from 2014-18 and an affiliate head coach for the Blue Devils from 2018-22.
Scheyer additionally performed below Krzyzewski at Duke from 2006-10. He was a 2010 first-team All-ACC choice as he helped information the Blue Devils to their fourth nationwide title with Krzyzewski on the helm.
Scheyer recruiting at a excessive degree
Although Scheyer is bettering as an in-game coach, his recruiting has at all times been on level. In actual fact, by way of his three quick years, he is amassed a number of the most spectacular recruiting lessons in Duke’s proud historical past.
In 2022, simply months after he was hand-picked as Krzyzewski’s successor, Duke signed the No. 1 recruiting class. The Blue Devils have signed the highest faculty basketball recruiting class in all however one yr of Scheyer’s tenure.
13 of the 22 prospects which have signed with Duke since 2022 graded out as 5 stars, per 247Sports. Scheyer has additionally signed 4 of the 12 highest-rated gamers in program historical past over the past three years. That features Cooper Flagg, who was the highest total prospect within the Class of 2024 and the No. 1 total decide within the 2025 NBA Draft. Flagg was one among three Blue Devils taken within the first spherical of June’s draft. Kon Knueppel went fourth total and Khaman Maluach went off the board at No. 10.