Tommy Amaker’s involvement in the search to replace the retiring Mike Krzyzewski as Duke’s basketball coach drew him closer to getting the job that eventually went to Jon Scheyer than anyone else, according to a book set to be published next week.
While Amaker, along with Pittsburgh coach Jeff Capel, were known to have been under consideration as Duke’s coach-in-waiting this season, New York Post sports columnist Ian O’Connor’s upcoming book “The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski” details how “heartbroken” Amaker was that Krzyzewski preferred Scheyer get the job.
A former Duke point guard and assistant coach under Krzyzewski, the 56-year-old Amaker has been Harvard’s head coach since 2007 after previous head coaching stops at Seton Hall (1997-2001) and Michigan (2001-07).
