Jordan Tally has been hired as an assistant coach for the basketball team at Duke University. Duke’s program is ranked No. 11.

Talley said he plans to give his full energy and effort towards helping the team improve and making the coaches’ lives as easy as possible. He said by working on the little things this will lead them to be able to focus on the bigger picture, such as winning games.

JMU head coach Mark Byington spoke highly of Talley saying that he is very talented and will definitely help the team in many areas through his great energy and communication skills. He believes that in the near future he will be a full-time coach at the Division I level. 

Talley previously led the Tallahassee Community College men’s basketball team to the No. 1 seed at 27-6 in the Division I Panhandle Conference last season.

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