Jai Lucas set to become next men’s basketball coach

DMoney

Feb 22, 2025 1 min read

Duke associate head coach Jai Lucas is set to become the next men’s basketball coach at Miami, sources tell Peter Ariz of CanesInSight.

Lucas, 36, is considered of the nation’s top assistant coaches and recruiters. He joined head coach Jon Scheyer’s staff in May 2022 as assistant coach and was promoted to associate head coach in June 2023.

Prior to Duke, Lucas served as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Kentucky.

The son of NBA veteran John Lucas II, Jai played PG for the Texas Longhorns and the Florida Gators. He is credited as lead recruiter for five stars Cooper Flagg, the Boozer twins, Cason Wallace, Shaedon Sharpe, Kon Knueppel, TyTy Washington, Daimion Collins, Khaman Maluach, and Shelton Henderson.

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Trinton Breeze

Today at 9:56 AM

Andrew Moran is expected to be on the staff when Jai Lucas is named HC.

A target Miami and Andrew Moran could go after would be five-star forward Caleb Gaskins as Moran coached him in both AAU and High School.

Two AAU programs that you could see an influx of players to Miami from are Nightrydas Elite ( Miami ) as Moran coached for them. The other is JL3 Elite ( Houston ) as this is ran by Jai Lucas father, John Lucas.

The road blocks to getting players from those programs could be they are both Nike affiliated programs while Miami is adidas sponsored.

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Hoyacane1620

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JZCane0825

19 minutes ago

Trinton Breeze said:
Andrew Moran is expected to be on the staff when Jai Lucas is named HC.

A target Miami and Andrew Moran could go after would be five-star forward Caleb Gaskins as Moran coached him in both AAU and High School.

Two AAU programs that you could see an influx of players to Miami from are Nightrydas Elite ( Miami ) as Moran coached for them. The other is JL3 Elite ( Houston ) as this is ran by Jai Lucas father, John Lucas.

The road blocks to getting players from those programs could be they are both Nike affiliated programs while Miami is adidas sponsored.

Any chance we can get Gaskins to reclassify?

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Jai Lucas set to become next men’s basketball coach

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