Succession At Legendary Programs Is Never Easy And It Won't Be At These There ACC Schools

DURHAM, NC - JANUARY 22: Head coach Jim Boeheim (L) of the Syracuse Orange talks with associate head coach Jon Scheyer of the Duke Blue Devils following their game at Cameron Indoor Stadium on January 22, 2022 in Durham, North Carolina.Some basketball programs are just iconic: Duke, UNC, Kansas, Kentucky, UCLA, Indiana, and Georgetown and Villanova too.

We hadn’t thought about in precisely these terms, but Duke, UNC and Louisville, all ACC schools obviously, are all three replacing iconic coaches in a two-year span. And all three are doing so with former players. In Louisville’s case, Kenny Payne played for Denny Crum over 30 years ago, but the impulse is similar: reach back to keep a good…