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Duke basketball: Amile Jefferson leaving Blue Devils for Boston Celtics

Duke basketball assistant coach Amile Jefferson is leaving the Blue Devils.

Major news has hit the Duke basketball coaching staff just days before the program was slated to begin offseason workouts.

Blue Devil assistant coach Amile Jefferson is leaving Durham to join the Boston Celtics coaching staff, Travis Branham of 247Sports reported.

Jefferson joined Duke’s coaching staff as the team’s director of player development under Mike Krzyzewski in 2021, and following the official promotion of Jon Scheyer to head coach he elevated the 2015 National Champion to an assistant coaching position.