New York – duke Assistant Jay Lucas is the first candidate to be the next coach in MiamiAlthough Lucas was not officially presented to the job at this stage, the sources of CBS SPORTS on Saturday.
Lucas, one of the college basketball stars and his committee in ACE, will likely succeed to Jim Laranega as a hurricane coach, and in 36 years, he will become one of the youngest coaches of high importance in this sport. If Lucas ends as a choice, a program will start rebuilding from one of his worst seasons in the history of the school. Laranaga, who was previously the oldest senior basketball coach at Men College, stepped in December after the start of 4-8-less than two seasons after he led Miami to the fourth final appearance.
Lucas started his training career in his mother mother, TexasWhere he was working for seven seasons, starting from a private assistant and working on his way to an assistant trainer. He left in 2020 to take a job on John Calibari employees in Kentucky As a recruitment coordinator before promoting an assistant coach. In 2022, he joined John Shayer staff as an assistant. He was promoted to the main coach in 2023.
after Duke 3 amazingly 110-67 winning more Illinois At Madison Square Garden on Saturday evening, Scheyer was asked about Lucas prospects as a head coach in the future.
“Certainly he is a main coach, there is no doubt about it,” Sher said. “This is part of the reason for its ascetic, and the function he did for us was incredible. Any report or anything is there, I just feel the wind now, but we will cross this bridge and discover it. But I can tell you 100 % of Jay as a great coach.”
Likewise, the next Duke match is Tuesday in Miami.
Throughout his career career, Lucas was an effective voice in recruiting proverbs Cooper Flageand Kon KnuepetCason Wallace and Shadon Sharpe, among others. Recently, he played a big role in helping Duke to land twins, Cameron and Kayden, both of whom descended from Miami and prepares to register in Duke later this year.
Boozers Duke chose Miami last fall and is attributed to be among the most influential beginners in university basketball next season. Miami was one of the most aggressive men’s basketball programs in the first two years of the NIL era, but she recently retreated. It is likely to return to an ambitious spending plan when the next training system begins. If Lucas already disappears as the man who gets the job, this should be well proportional to his tendency to education in upscale horizons.
