Jon Scheyer Coaching History & Bio

The decision to turn the Duke basketball dynasty Mike Krzyzewski spent 4 decades building and maintaining over to a first-time head coach still 5 years shy of his 40th birthday was met with skepticism in June 2021.

Even though Jon Scheyer had a Duke pedigree as a player, recruiter and assistant learning directly from the winningest coach of all time, he was viewed as a wild card.

But Krzyzewski had a succession plan in place.

While his decision to stay on for one final season was originally panned as a self-aggrandizing farewell tour turned out to be an opportunity for Scheyer to get valuable on-the-job training. And the former point guard who led the Blue Devils to the 2010 national championship has picked up right where Krzyzewski left off.

He won an ACC Tournament championship in his debut season of 2022-23, then 2 years later he joined North Carolina’s Hubert Davis and Kansas’ Dick Harp as the only men to lead their alma mater to the Final Four as a player and a head coach.

“When you look at successions, very rarely do people succeed following a legendary or a great coach,” Scheyer said. “For me, a huge thing was having that year. I’ve always wanted to make (Coach K) proud. Part of his legacy isn’t just the wins. I want his legacy to be how our program continues to be right there as a top program.

“So obviously there’s a responsibility you feel and a pride. I couldn’t be more proud and thankful for having a group that’s believed in me. The support from our administration, just down the line, has been incredible.”

Jon Scheyer Coaching Record

Year	Team	Record	Conference Record	Postseason
2022-23	Duke	27-9	14-6 (T-3rd)	NCAA second round
2023-24	Duke	27-9	15-5 (2nd)	NCAA Elite Eight
2024-25	Duke	35-4	19-1 (1st)	NCAA Final Four
Total		89-22 (.801)	48-12 (.800)

* – entering the 2025 Final Four

Jon Scheyer Playing Record

Year	Team	Games	Points	Rebounds	Assists
2006-07	Duke	33	402 (12.2)	110 (3.3)	61 (1.8)
2007-08	Duke	34	397 (11.7)	134 (3.9)	83 (2.4)
2008-09	Duke	37	550 (14.9)	134 (3.6)	102 (2.8)
2009-10*	Duke	40	728 (18.2)	144 (3.6)	194 (4.9)
Totals		144	2,077 (14.4)	522 (3.6)	440 (3.1)

How Many Times Has Jon Scheyer Been to The Final Four?

Scheyer has been to the NCAA Tournament’s signature event 4 times. He won the national championship as a player for Duke in 2010, went twice as an assistant to Mike Krzyzewski in 2015 and 2022 –winning another title in 2015 – and as a head coach in 2025.

Jon Scheyer History at Duke

“Simply put, Jon Scheyer is Duke.”

That’s how athletic Nina King described Scheyer upon his introduction as the Blue Devils’ next coach in June 2021.

And it’s not an exaggeration.

Scheyer came to Duke in 2006 as a highly-touted teenager from the Chicago suburbs with a slender body and a deadly jump shot and matured into an All-American point guard who led his team to a national championship as a senior 4 years later. 

Along the way, set an ACC single-season record with 1,470 minutes played and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the conference tournament in 2010. Scheyer is still the only player in program history to finish his career with at least 2,000 points, 500 rebounds, 400 assists, 250 3-pointers and 200 steals.

After having his brief professional career ended prematurely because of an eye injury, Scheyer returned to Durham to learn the coaching ropes from his mentor Mike Krzyzewski. Starting as a special assistant to Coach K, he quickly moved up the Duke hierarchy – first as a full-time assistant upon the departure of Steve Wojciechowski in 2014, then as an associate head coach in 2018. He earned a reputation as an effective recruiter responsible for amassing some of the nation’s top classes.

“I’ve said many times that Jon Scheyer is one of the smartest coaches in the country,” Krzyzewski said in 2022. “Jon is a rising star in the profession and Duke could not be in better hands moving forward.”

Scheyer got off to a strong start by becoming the first coach in ACC history to go undefeated at home and the first to lead a team to an ACC Tournament championship as both a player and a head coach. His second team posted an identical 27-9 record but advanced 2 rounds further in the postseason to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.

The progression continued in 2025 when Scheyer broke through with his first and Duke’s 18th Final Four appearance. Once there, however, Scheyer and his team, team built around projected No. 1 overall NBA Draft pick Cooper Flagg and the nation’s top recruiting class, showed their inexperience by squandering a 6-point lead in the final 33 seconds of a national semifinal loss to Houston.