Duke and Cutcliffe announce mutual separation

PHOTO: David Cutcliffe Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN One day after Duke finished a winless season in the ACC Coastal Division with another one-sided defeat, Blue Devils coach David Cutcliffe and and Duke athletic director announced a mutual separation.  "After some detailed and amiable discussions with Nina King, we've mutually decided that it is the right time for change in the leadership of Duke Football," Cutcliffe said. "Karen (his wife) and I have loved our…

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Duke’s new AD represents King-sized ambitions for women in sports

PHOTO: Nina King. By TOM SHANAHAN Duke introduced Nina King as the university’s new Vice-President and Director of Athletics Friday at Cameron Indoor Stadium, promoting her from assistant athletic director to a place in history as the school’s first person of color named AD. She also represents progress as one of only three Black female ADs among the nation’s Power Five schools. "I am a female Black athletic director,” said King. “There are only a few of us…

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