DURHAM – Former Blue Devil TJ Pura is set to rejoin the Duke men's tennis staff, Duke head coach announced Friday.
Pura, who served as Duke's volunteer assistant coach for the 2022-23 season, will return as the Blue Devils' first assistant coach. He comes back to Durham after spending one season (2023-24) as the first assistant coach at Vanderbilt University. While in Nashville, Pura helped the Commodores to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2019 and mentored 2024 SEC Freshman of the Year and at-large NCAA Singles participant, Danil Panarin. Vanderbilt jumped from No.