Welcome Back Chris Carrawell

With Jeff Capel taking the job at Pittsburgh who like Duke is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference after last season ended in the Regional Final with Duke falling to Kansas Mike Krzyzewski then had to find someone to replace him.

Chris Carrawell isn’t a new face for Duke fans to get to know instead he is a familiar face as he played for Mike Krzyzewski from 1996-1999 “according to https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/chris-carrawell-1.html Chris Carrawell comes to Duke after being an assistant coach to Steve Wojciechowski. for four seasons whom he played with at Duke. “according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=211766695

As a player for Mike Krzyzewski Chris Carrawell was a two-time All-ACC selection. He is tied for 32nd on the all-time scoring list at Duke with 1,455 career points and also ranks 15th in school history with 0.8 blocks per game and tied for eighth with 116 overall wins. Duke dominated the ACC during Carrawell’s career, as his 66 conference victories are the second-most by a Blue Devil. “according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=211766695

With Carrawell on the squad, Duke won a pair of ACC Tournament titles and reached the 1999 Final Four by tying a school record for wins (37-2). “according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=211766695

Chris Carrawell will get to experience his first regular season game as a member of the Duke coaching staff on Tuesday when Duke takes on Kentucky in the Champions Classic in Indianapolis where he will be sitting alongside Nate James, Jon Scheyer and Nolan Smith who are all former Duke players who played for Mike Krzyzewski. Nate James was on the 2001 National Title team while Jon Scheyer and Nolan Smith won a national title as teammates in 2010.

Welcome Back Chris Carrawell !