Who Is Emanuel Dildy? Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer's New Assistant Coach Who Is Replacing Amile Jefferson Who Is Now An Assistant Coach For Joe Mazzulla, Boston Of NBA
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 of the NBA earlier in July. 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
Who is Emanuel Didly?
Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer’s new Assistant Coach who is replacing Amile Jefferson who is now an Assistant Coach for Joe Mazulla, Boston of NBA.
According to Jeff Borzello’s article on espnapp
Emanual Didly is familiar with Duke in some way because he was an Assistant Coach for former Duke player, guard former Duke Assistant Coach Duke Associate Head Coach current Northwestern Head Coach Chris Collins for three seasons where he was known as one of the nation’s top recruiters, he was instrumental in building the highest-rated recruiting class in Northwestern history, which included a pair of top-100 signees in the 2021 class before joining Porter Moser’s coaching staff at Oklahoma as an Assistant Coach on April 16, 2021.
According to Emanuel Dildy biography on /soonersports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/emanuel-dildy/628
While Assistant Coach at Northwestern for Chris Collins. Emanuael Dildy had the opportunity to coach Ryan Young who currently is a center for Duke who attended Northwestern when he was redshirted his freshman season. In 2019-20, 2020 -2021. Emanuel Didly is going to reunited with him as Ryan Young is going to be using his sixth year of eligibility in 2023 -2024.
Recently,
Emanuel Didly had this to say about joining Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer’s coaching staff as an Assistant Coach!
"I am greatly humbled and excited to join Jon Scheyer's staff and the Duke Basketball family," said Dildy. "I have the utmost respect for the legendary tradition and standards established by Mike Krzyzewski and all of the great players who've worn the Duke Blue. I am grateful to Coach Scheyer for the opportunity and look forward to becoming part of the Brotherhood."
Recently,
Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer who is going to be coaching his second season as Duke Head Coach in 2023-2024 had this to say about the addition of Emanuel Didly to his coaching staff as Assistant Coach that also includes Associate Head Coaches, Chris Carrawell , Jai Lucas, Assistant Coach William Avery Mike Schrage who is Special Assistant to Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer.
I have known Emanuel for quite some time and have great respect for his recruiting and on-court coaching abilities,"What stands out is his tireless work ethic, having most recently been on staff with two highly regarded head coaches in Chris Collins and Porter Moser. He's a Chicago guy and someone that will bring tremendous energy and passion to Duke. We're excited to welcome Emanuel and his wife Rebekah to Durham and look forward to seeing his immediate impact on our program."
According to an article on goduke.com
Recently,
On The Brotherhood Podcast recently Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer’s new Head Coach who is replacing Amile Jefferson Emanuel Didly was interviewed by former Northwestern Center, Current Duke Center Ryan Young about his coaching career including his coaching career at Northwestern where he coached the host of The Brotherhood Podcast Ryan Young where he coached with former Duke guard Duke coach Chris Collins, current Northwestern Head Coach Chris Collins as well as his coaching career at Oklahoma where he coached former Duke guard Jordan Goldwire as a red shirt senior in 2021 -2022 as Oklahoma got Jordan Goldwire as a graduate transfer. What it means to now be apart of Jon Scheyer’s Duke coaching staff.