Duquesne basketball is coming off its best season in almost half a century and new head coach Dru Joyce III was there for the entirety of it. The Dukes won the A-10 Tournament for the first time since 1977 and defeated the No.
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James announced Thursday that Dru Joyce III, his former high school teammate and the associate head coach of Duquesne basketball, will be stepping up as the team’s new head coach.
Duquesne has promoted Dru Joyce III to replace retired coach Keith Dambrot, the university announced Thursday. Dambrot had coached Joyce and teammate LeBron James in high school in Akron, Ohio, before moving on to the college ranks.
OMAHA, Neb. — While Keith Dambrot sat at the podium, two men quietly stood off to the side in a move which could foreshadow Duquesne’s men’s basketball future.