We were really sorry to see former Duke coach Neill McGeachy passed away this week.
McGeachy never really stood a chance as Duke’s head coach. He was given the job in 1973 after Bucky Waters stepped down abruptly shortly before the season began.
The Waters era was turbulent with lots of high-end talent coming to Durham but not staying for long. Waters was, fairly or not, associated with the establishment during a period of great upheaval. There were calls from the students to fire him and he became deeply unpopular by the end of his time as head coach.