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Joanne P. McCallie, Duke women's basketball coach, to take medical leave of absence | News & Observer

Joanne P. McCallie, the Duke women's basketball coach, is taking a medical leave of absence, the school announced in a statement Monday morning.

She'll be out for about two months to "address a correctable kidney-related ailment, which was originally diagnosed in November of 2017. She will start a short term treatment program soon," according to the statement.

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