At Miami, Bethea averaged 7.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game as the Hurricanes went 7-24 in the wake of former coach Jim Larranaga's mid-season exit. There was a chance that Bethea ...

Jai Lucas is hard at work rebuilding the Miami Hurricanes basketball roster after taking over in early March following the retirement of coach Jim Larranaga in December. Lucas is trying to retain ...

I think that’s the single best thing he’s done. He’s been Jon Scheyer.” (Photo: Jacob Kupferman / Getty Images) Brendan Marks covers Duke and North Carolina basketball for The Athletic.

Reigniting ACC basketball starts with an obvious Step 1: Make good coaching hires. Your move, Virginia. Miami and Florida State bought low with unproven coaches. Gone are the days of Roy Williams ...

Larranaga later coached under Holland at Virginia where his dream of being a head coach in the ACC began. Jai Lucas was hired by Duke head coach Jon Scheyer to be on his inaugural staff beginning ...

Jai Lucas, former Duke associate head coach, has officially been named the new head coach for the Miami Hurricanes basketball team. Duke head coach Jon Scheyer praised Lucas's coaching abilities and ...

As the Duke Blue Devils get ready for a big NCAA Tournament run under head coach Jon Scheyer, he has just sprouted the first branch of his coaching tree. Jai Lucas will leave Duke to take over the ...

Jai Lucas and Miami have finalized the contract that makes him the school’s new men’s basketball coach, nearly two weeks after they struck preliminary agreement on a deal ...

But there’s no other option,” Duke coach Jon Scheyer said Thursday. “This is the only thing that could have happened. Jai will coach our last regular-season game. And then he’ll have to move on to ...

A former player at Florida and Texas, Lucas joined Jon Scheyer's staff in Durham in 2022 as an assistant coach and was elevated to associate head coach last season.

The 36-year-old Lucas — the son of former NBA coach John Lucas — has been on coach Jon Scheyer's staff at Duke for the past three years, the most recent two of those as the associate head coach.

Duke associate head coach Jai Lucas has been named the men's basketball coach at Miami. A source told ESPN that Lucas is getting a five-year contract.