This weekend, it was reported that Jon Scheyer would be returning to Duke basketball as a special assistant.
Now per Laura Keeley on Twitter, it's done:
BREAKING: Jon Scheyer will join the #Duke coaching staff, a source confirms
— Laura Keeley (@laurakeeley) April 15, 2013
Scheyer is taking the special assistant spot that was held by Nate James, who is taking Chris Collins spot as one of Duke's three official assistant coaches. Collins took the head coaching job at Northwestern. Scheyer and Collins, both from the Chicago area and attendees of Glenbrook North, are extremely close. When Collins was hired, Scheyer explained to us why he thinks Collins will be a good head coach.
In that interview Scheyer also said he would be interested in coaching.
“I do one day. That’s always been my plan after playing. It’s hard for me—right now I’m in the season trying my best to finish up strong. But it’s always been on my mind that one day I want to be a coach,” Scheyer said.
Scheyer even joked during the interview, a couple weeks ago, that Coach K was calling him right then to offer the job.
Scheyer currently plays professionally in Spain for Gran Canaria.
He led Duke to the 2010 national championship as a senior, averaging 18.2 points and 4.9 assists per game.
Scheyer then suffered a serious eye injury in the NBA Summer League that sidelined him for a few months. Although he eventually was invited to a training camp and played for the Houston Rockets’ D-League team, he never made an NBA roster.
Last year, Scheyer played for Maccabi Tel-Aviv in Israel before departing to play in Spain this year.
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