Duke coach Jon Scheyer agrees to a deal until 2028-29.
Duke coach Jon Scheyer announced Friday night that he has agreed to a contract extension with the renowned basketball school.
ESPN reported early Friday that Scheyer has been extended until the 2028-29 season.
“I’m lucky to be at Duke,” Scheyer said following the school’s annual Countdown to Craziness event held inside Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.
“Getting that done is excellent; it’s critical. I am committed to Duke. It’s fantastic to know that they are also committed to me and our staff, as well as the work we’ve done.
Scheyer, 36, is in his second season replacing the famous Mike Krzyzewski.
Duke finished 27-9 in Scheyer’s first season as coach. The Blue Devils advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament before falling 65-52 to Tennessee.
Duke won the Atlantic Coast Conference postseason tournament, making Scheyer the first person to win it as both a player (2009, 2010) and a coach.
Duke has yet to formally announce the contract, but Scheyer stated during his news conference that he has been in talks with athletic director Nina King “for some time.”
“Hopefully, everybody in this room knows I’m committed to Duke, too,” Scheyer went on to say. “Seeing the crowd tonight and the support has been something wonderful for me. It’s a privilege to be the coach, and I’ll never take it for granted.
Scheyer was a standout player for the Blue Devils, scoring 2,077 points in his career from 2006 to 2010, and he joined the Duke coaching staff as an assistant before the 2013-14 season. He became associate head coach ahead to the 2018-19 season and was announced as Coach K’s eventual replacement in June 2021.
Duke’s season begins on November 6 against visiting Dartmouth.
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The Browns and running back Duke Johnson agree to a three-year, $15.6 million contract agreement.
“Duke Johnson is a good football player. His hard work and commitment to the Browns organization is appreciated and we are excited to extend his contract and keep him in a Browns uniform for years to come,” Dorsey said in a news release announcing the deal. “Duke is an excellent representative our organization. He leads by example and we look forward to him playing an important role with the Cleveland Browns moving forward.”
Johnson said last month the Browns and his agent, Kristin Campbell, were engaged in contract extension talks and he was “very optimistic” the two sides would get a deal done.
“I’m excited. It’s fun to see how this team is shaping out and I want to be a part of it,” Johnson said in the release. “You can see it with the guys they brought in on offense like Tyrod [Taylor] and [Jarvis] Landry plus the guys we already had. I think bringing in coach [Todd] Haley adds another dimension to our offense and it gives coach [Hue] Jackson the chance to be the head coach. John Dorsey has been bringing in guys that can play, that can ball, and that gives us a chance. Now it’s about going out and doing it now.”
Before the extension had been agreed upon, Johnson was scheduled to make a base salary of $1.895 million this year in the fourth and final season of his rookie contract and become an unrestricted free agent in March.
Four days before the Browns finishing last season 0-16, Johnson was asked if he ever needs to give himself a pep talk about returning to the team, considering the incessant losing he has endured since it drafted him in the third round (No. 77 overall) out of the University of Miami in 2015.
“Me? No shot, and the reason being is this is the organization that gave me my shot,” Johnson, 24, said. “Drafted in the third round, a lot of teams passed on me, but this team took me. And I want nothing more than to start and finish my career here.”
Johnson, 5-foot-9 and 210 pounds, hasn’t missed a game in his three NFL seasons and has 259 carries for 1,085 yards (4.2 average) and five touchdowns to go along with 188 catches for 1,741 yards and five touchdowns. Since he entered the league, he leads all running backs in catches, receiving yards and scrimmage yards per touch (6.3 average).
He had his most productive season in 2017, with 82 carries for 348 yards (4.2 average) and a career-high four touchdowns, plus career bests of 74 catches, 693 yards and three touchdowns. The local chapter of the Pro Football Writers of America voted him the team’s player of the year. He and Herschel Walker are the only running backs to record 500 receiving yards in each of their first three NFL seasons. Walker did it from 1986-88.
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