Culture Change: Blue Devils Embrace the Grind Under Coach Elko

Shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor propelled the United States into World War II, Duke football coach Wallace Wade took a leave of absence to join the United States Army. Duke basketball coach Eddie Cameron moved over to take Wade’s job running the football program, while Duke soccer coach Gerry Gerard took over as basketball coach.

The 1942-43 academic year was the last time Duke had a new football coach and a new basketball coach at the same time.

Until now.

Some of that has to do with the extraordinary longevity of Mike Krzyzewski. Eight different football coaches overlapped his tenure at Duke, nine if we count Elko’s seven months at Duke, a span that doesn’t include any…