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Amile Jefferson Former Duke Player Director Of Player Development Duke Assistant Coach Has A New Title Because He Was Named Assistant Coach To Joe Mazzulla, Boston Of NBA Today

As a player for Duke for former Duke Head Coach now retired Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski Amile Jefferson was anchor on the defensive end for Duke during his playing career and carried that mentorship to the coaching ranks with the development of Mark Williams in 2022 and Dereck Lively II in 2023. Williams was the ACC Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore after leading the conference and ranking 12th nationally with 110 blocked shots. Lively earned spots on the ACC All-Defensive Team, the ACC All-Freshman Team and the ACC All-Tournament Team after his 82 blocks ranked second in the ACC, eighth nationally and led all Division freshmen.

For previous two seasons Amile Jefferson has been on the Duke Coaching Staff as Director Of Player Development when Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski was coaching his final season as Duke Head Coach in 2021-2022 before current Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer promoted him to Assistant Coach. Now though Jon Scheyer is going to have to hire a new Assistant Coach or Assistant Coaches as the NCAA changed its rules to allow schools to add two additional coaches to their coaching staff effective July 1, 2023 because Amile Jefferson former Duke Player Director Of Player Development Duke Assistant Coach has a new title because he was named Assistant Coach to Joe Mazzulla, Boston in the NBA today Amile Jefferson played professionally for Boston in 2020.

The deal is multi year.

According Stephen Wiseman article on newsobserver.com

Amile Jefferson becoming Assistant Coach for Joe Mazulla, Boston reunites him with former Duke Men’s Basketball forward teammate current Boston guard, forward Jayson Tatum.

When Jayson Tatum was a freshman in 2016-2017 Amile Jefferson was a graduate student a forward

Following former Duke player Director Of Player Development Assistant Coach Amile Jefferson becoming Assistant Coach for Joe Mazzulla, Boston of the NBA Amile Jefferson had this to say!

Duke has meant the world to me — this place is home," said Jefferson. "I'm so grateful to have earned my degree, played and began my coaching career here. I can't thank Coach K, Coach Scheyer, the players and our staff enough. Although I'm going to miss Durham and my Duke family tremendously, the Brotherhood is forever. This opportunity with the Boston Celtics was something that felt like the right next step in my journey. The Celtics are one of the most elite professional franchises in sports. I'm honored to be able to learn from everyone in this organization. I wish our guys at Duke all the best, and I know great things are in store for Jon and the program."
Following former Duke player Director Of Player Development Assistant Coach Amile Jefferson becoming Assistant Coach for Joe Mazzulla, Boston of the NBA Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer had this to say!

"Amile is a rising star in the coaching profession and I'm so excited and proud of him for earning this opportunity with one of the NBA's iconic franchises,""The Celtics are getting a winner — one of the hardest working, most passionate, positive and dedicated people I know. He is a tremendous teacher of the game and his ability to connect with players is innate. I can't thank Amile enough for all he's meant to me and our program."
According to an article on goduke.com