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Chris Carrawell Replaces Jeff Capel On Mike Krzyzewski's Coaching Staff

Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski makes it a priority to hire former players to fill the vacancies on his coaching staff.

So  after Jeff Capel's departure to become the new head coach at Pittsburgh  he hired Chris Carrawell who had been an assistant for  former Duke player and assistant Steve Wojociechowski for the last four seasons at Marquette. 

With his move to Duke Chris Carrawell will join three  former players  on the coaching staff   who played for Mike Krzyzewski that include  Nate James who played from 1996-2001 along with Jon Scheyer and Nolan Smith who played 2007-2010."according to https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/nate-james-1.html https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jon-scheyer-1.htmlhttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/nolan-smith-1.html