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Encyclopedia > Duke Blue Devils football
The Duke Blue Devils
University Duke University
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
NCAA Division I-A
Athletics director Joe Alleva
Location Durham, NC
Varsity Teams 55 varsity teams
Stadium Wallace Wade Stadium
Arena Cameron Indoor Stadium
Mascot Blue Devil
Nickname Blue Devils
Fight Song 1) Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!
2) Blue & White
Colors Royal Blue and White and Black

                      Image File history File links Duke_logo. ... Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. ... The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... Durham is a city located in Durham County, North Carolina. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ... Wallace Wade Stadium is a stadium on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. ... Summer 06 Cameron Indoor Stadium is a basketball arena located at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. ... Royal blue is a lighter shade of blue. ... Alternate meanings: White (disambiguation) White is a color (more accurately it contains all the colors of the spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color—black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. ... This article is about the color black; for other uses, see Black (disambiguation). ...

Homepage GoDuke.com

Duke University's 26 varsity sports teams, known as the Blue Devils, compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The name comes from the French Chasseurs Alpins soldiers in World War I that wore a distinctive blue uniforms with flowing capes and berets. For this reason, they were nicknamed "les Diables Bleus" or "Blue Devils."[1] Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. ... The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... Chasseurs alpins wear a special wide beret. ... Modern soldiers. ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nikolay II Aleksey Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Herbert H. Asquith D. Lloyd George Sir Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna...


Duke's varsity teams have won eight NCAA national championships. The women's golf team has won four (1999, 2002, 2005 and 2006), the men's basketball team has won three (1991, 1992, and 2001), and the men's soccer team has won one (1986). Duke's major historic rival, especially in basketball, has been the Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, (see "UNC-Duke rivalry"). The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, generally regarded as the worlds Home of Golf. Golf is a sport in which individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and also is one of the few ball games that does not use... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... This refers to the athletic teams for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). The name Tar Heel is also often used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State. ... The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public, coeducational, research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. ... Tipoff of UNC-Duke game The UNC-Duke rivalry, sometimes referred to as The Battle of Tobacco Road or The Battle of the Blues, is a fierce rivalry, particularly in mens college basketball, between Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) athletic teams. ...


In the past ten years, Duke has finished in the top 30 every year in the NACDA Director's Cup, an overall measure of an institution's athletic success. Most recently, Duke finished eighth in 2006 and fifth in 2005.[2][3] Duke has the smallest undergraduate enrollment of any institution that has been in the top 35 the past two years.[2][3] Furthermore, Duke is the only school besides Stanford that has finished in the top ten in the past two years that has fewer than 15,000 undergraduates.[2][3] The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics is a professional organization for college and university athletic directors in the United States. ... The NACDA Directors Cup is an award given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in an unincorporated area of Santa Clara County. ...


Duke teams that have been ranked in the top ten nationally in the 2000s include men's and women's basketball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's lacrosse, women's field hockey, and men's and women's golf. Eight of these teams were ranked either first or second in the country during 2004-05.[4] According to a 2006 evaluation conducted by the NCAA, Duke's student-athletes have the highest graduation rate of any institution in the nation at 91%.[5] Excluding students who leave or transfer in good academic standing, the graduation rate of student-athletes is 97%.[6] Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... The Minnesota State High school Cross Country Meet A cross country race in Seaside, Oregon. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world; it is the second most popular team sport after football (soccer)[]. Its official name and the one by which it is usually known is hockey [1][2... The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, generally regarded as the worlds Home of Golf. Golf is a sport in which individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and also is one of the few ball games that does not use...

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History of the mascot

"Les Diables Bleus" French military unit
"Les Diables Bleus" French military unit

As World War I ended, Duke's Board of Trustees, then called the "Trinity College Board of Trustees," lifted their quarter century ban of football on campus leading to an interest in naming the athletic teams.[7] The team was then known as the Trinity Eleven, the Blue and White, or the Methodists (as opposed to the Baptists of nearby rival Wake Forest University). Because of the ambiguity, the student newspaper, the Trinity Chronicle (now called The Chronicle) launched a campaign to create a new mascot. Nominations for a new team name included Catamounts, Grizzlies, Badgers, Dreadnaughts, and Captains. The Trinity Chronicle editor narrowed the many nominations down to those that utilized the school colors of dark blue and white. The narrowed list consisted of Blue Titans, Blue Eagles, Polar Bears, Blue Devils, Royal Blazes, and Blue Warriors. None of the nominations proved to be a clear favorite, but the name Blue Devils elicited criticism that could potentially engender opposition on campus. That year, the football season passed with no official selection. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nikolay II Aleksey Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Herbert H. Asquith D. Lloyd George Sir Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... Baptist churches are part of a Christian movement often regarded as an Evangelical, Protestant denomination. ... Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. ... The header of The Chronicles online edition The Chronicle is the student newspaper at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. ... Binomial name Felis concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) The puma (Felis concolor) is a type of big cat found in North, Central and South America. ... Grizzly may refer to: The Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), a subspecies of the Brown Bear (Ursus arctos). ... Genera  Arctonyx  Melogale  Meles  Mellivora  Taxidea For other uses, see Badger (disambiguation). ... Captain is a nautical term, an organizational title, and a rank in various uniformed organizations. ... In Greek mythology, the Titans (Greek , plural ) were greater even than the gods. ... Genera Several, see below. ... Binomial name Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774 Polar bear range Synonyms Thalarctos marittimus The polar bear (Ursus maritimus), also known as the white bear, northern bear, sea bear, ice bear or nanuq in some Inuit languages, is a species of bear that is native to the Arctic and the apex predator... Look up Blaze, blaze in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 17th Century Brazilian Tapuia A warrior is a person habitually engaged in warfare. ...


During the 1922-1923 academic year, campus student leaders and the editors of the two other student publications, The Archive and The Chanticleer, decided that the newspaper staff should decide the name on their own because the nomination process had proved inconclusive. Editor-in-Chief William H. Lander and Managing Editor Mike Bradshaw began referring to the athletic teams as the Blue Devils. Though the name was not officially used that year, no opposition to the name arose. The Chronicle's staff continued to use the name and eventually, “Blue Devils” became the official mascot and nickname of the Duke athletics program. Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... {{year nav|1939 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Editor in chief is a publications primary editor. ...


Men’s basketball

Duke University's men's basketball team is one of the best-known in US college sports, and its rivalry with North Carolina is widely noted. The fourth-winningest college basketball program of all-time, the team has had great success over the past 25 years under coach Mike Krzyzewski (often simply called 'Coach K'), whom the basketball court is named after. Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski 27th year, 648-187 Home Stadium Cameron Indoor Stadium Capacity 9,314 Outfitter Nike Conference Affiliation Independent (1910-1928) Southern Conference (1929-1953) Atlantic Coast Conference (1954-Present) Team Records All-Time: 1799-792 (.694) NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Champions (3) 1991, 1992, 2001... Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... Tipoff of UNC-Duke game The UNC-Duke rivalry, sometimes referred to as The Battle of Tobacco Road or The Battle of the Blues, is a fierce rivalry, particularly in mens college basketball, between Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) athletic teams. ... Michael William Krzyzewski (; in American English transliteration shuh-shef-skee; born February 13, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois), often referred to as Coach K, is the head coach of the Duke University mens basketball team. ...


Duke has won three NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championships and been in 14 Final Fours. Seventy-one players have been drafted in the NBA Draft. Additionally, Duke has had an Academic All-American on the team fourteen years. Duke has 16 Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championships (1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006), the most of any team in the ACC. Duke also has won the regular season 18 times (1954, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006).[8] Duke is second, behind only UCLA, in total weeks ranked as the number one team in the nation by the AP with 110 weeks.[9] The Blue Devils have the second longest streak in the AP Top 25 in history with 200 consecutive appearances from 1996 to 2007. This streak only trails UCLA's 221 consecutive polls from 1966-1980 as the longest of all-time.[10] The streak ended with the AP poll released on February 12, 2007.[11] // Final four redirects here. ... // Final four redirects here. ... The NBA Draft is an annual North American event in which the National Basketball Associations (NBA) thirty teams (29 in the United States and one in Canada) can select young players who wish to join the league. ... An All-America team is a sports team composed of star players. ... The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... Binomial name Ucla xenogrammus Holleman, 1993 The largemouth triplefin, Ucla xenogrammus, is a fish of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Ucla, found in the Pacific Ocean from Viet Nam, the Philippines, Palau and the Caroline Islands to Papua New Guinea, Australia (including Christmas Island), and the... The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ...


Football

Wallace Wade Stadium, home to Duke football and site of the 1942 Rose Bowl.
Wallace Wade Stadium, home to Duke football and site of the 1942 Rose Bowl.

The football team has fallen on hard times over the past ten years, but still can lay claim to a great history. The most famous Duke football season came in 1938, when Wallace Wade was head coach and the "Iron Dukes" were born. Wade shocked the college football world by leaving Alabama for Duke in 1930, later rationalizing the move by saying that Duke shared his belief that a school should provide its athletes with a strong academic background. Wade's success at Alabama (three national championships) translated well to Duke's program, most notably in 1938, when his "Iron Dukes" went unscored upon the entire regular season. In fact, that Duke team is one of three in college football history to have gone undefeated, unscored upon, and untied in the regular season. Duke reached the national championship game, their first Rose Bowl appearance, where they lost 7-3 when USC scored a touchdown in the final minute of the game on a pass from a second string quarterback to a third string tight end. Wade's Blue Devils lost another Rose Bowl to Oregon State in 1942, this one held at Duke's home stadium in Durham, North Carolina due to Pearl Harbor. Wade's achievements placed him in the Hall of Fame. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x975, 1095 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Duke University Wallace Wade Stadium Duke Blue Devils User:BigDT Metadata This file contains additional information... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x975, 1095 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Duke University Wallace Wade Stadium Duke Blue Devils User:BigDT Metadata This file contains additional information... Wallace Wade Stadium is a stadium on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... The Rose Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 (New Years Day) at the stadium of the same name in Pasadena, California. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wallace William Wade (June 15, 1892–October 7, 1986) was an American college football coach. ... Athletic teams at The University of Alabama are known as the Crimson Tide. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... The Rose Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 (New Years Day) at the stadium of the same name in Pasadena, California. ... // USC athletics participates in the NCAA Division I-A Pacific Ten Conference and has won 106 total team national championships, 86 of which are NCAA National Championships. ... A touchdown is the primary method of scoring in American and Canadian football, in which the ball carrier causes the football to break the plane of the end zone, or an eligible receiver catches a forward pass in the end zone, thus earning 6 points for his team (in both... The Oregon State Beavers is a name shared by all sports teams at Oregon State University, which is located in Corvallis, Oregon in the United States. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Satellite image of Pearl Harbor. ... The College Football Hall of Fame, located in South Bend, Indiana, United States, is a hall of fame devoted to college football. ...


The football program also had a string of successful years in the late 1980s when the team was coached by Steve Spurrier. Spurrier led the Blue Devils to three consecutive winning seasons from 1987-1989, culminating with the Blue Devils sharing the ACC title in 1989 and playing in the All-American Bowl, where the Blue Devils lost to Texas Tech. The 1989 ACC Title was the last title won by a school in the state of North Carolina until Wake Forest won their second ACC Title in 2006. Steven Orr Spurrier (born April 20, 1945 in Miami Beach, Florida) is a former American football player and current the head coach of the University of South Carolina football team. ... Texas Tech University is a nationally recognized doctoral/research university located in Lubbock, Texas, established in 1923 originally as Texas Technological College. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ... Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. ...


The team also rose to prominence in 1994, the first season under coach Fred Goldsmith. The team raced out to an 8-1 record, and was briefly ranked as high as #13 in the country before losing the last two games of the season 24-23 to North Carolina State and 41-40 to arch-rival North Carolina. The 1994 team played in the program's first New Years Day Bowl game since 1962, falling to Wisconsin 34-21 in the Hall Of Fame Bowl, now know as the Outback Bowl. Fredrick Ernest Goldsmith (b. ... As an Atlantic Coast Conference founding member, North Carolina State University competes in 24 intercollegiate varsity sports. ... This refers to the athletic teams for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). The name Tar Heel is also often used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State. ... The Wisconsin Badgers are a variety of collegiate athletic teams from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ... Outback Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. ...


The Blue Devils have won seven ACC Football Championships, which is the fourth most in the ACC trailing only Clemson, FSU, and Maryland. Ten ACC Football Players of the Year have come from Duke, the most in the ACC. Additionally, three 3 NFL Hall of Famers have come through Duke's program, tying the Miami Hurricanes for the most in the ACC. This page lists winners of the football championship of the Atlantic Coast Conference since its founding in 1953. ... Clemson University is a member of the NCAAs Division I and is in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. ... Florida State University Seal Florida State University is a public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, known for its programs in fine arts, education, public administration & policy, information studies, international affairs, music, criminology, and nursing. ... The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public university located in College Park, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., USA. As the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland, the university is most often referred to as the University of Maryland... The Pro Football Hall of Fame is actually the National Football Leagues Hall of Fame. ... This is an article about the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. ...


Duke is consistently ranked at or near the top of the list of Division I-A schools which graduate nearly all of their football players. Duke has topped the list 12 years, earning it the most Academic Achievement Awards of any university. Notre Dame has been honored six times, while Boston College and Northwestern have won the award four times each.[12] The University of Notre Dame IPA: is a Roman Catholic institution located in Notre Dame, Indiana, immediately northeast of South Bend, Indiana, United States. ... For similarly-named academic institutions, see Boston (disambiguation). ... Northwestern University is a prestigious private, coeducational, non-sectarian research university, located in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois. ...


Women's Golf

While the men's basketball team gets the most press, the women's golf team has recently been the most successful team on campus. In the 2000-2005 seasons, Duke's head-to-head record was 796-45-3, a winning percentage of .945.[13] The team won national championships in 1999, 2002, 2005, and 2006, as well as 10 consecutive ACC championships from 1995-2005. A number of successful professional golfers have gone through Duke's program. Jenny Chuasiriporn and Brittany Lang finished as runner-ups in the U.S. Women's Open while still undergraduates in 1998 and 2006, respectively. The U.S. Womens Open Golf Championship is one of the LPGAs major championships along with the LPGA Championship, the Womens British Open, and the Kraft Nabisco Championship. ...


ACC Athletes of the Year

The following Duke athletes have been honored as ACC Athletes of the Year. The men’s award, the Anthony J. McKelvin Award, began in 1954. The women’s award, the Mary Garber Award, began in 1980. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

General location of athletic facilities
General location of athletic facilities
Male Athlete of the Year
Year Athlete Sport

1954 Joel Shankle Track & Field
1956 Dave Sime Track & Field/Basketball
1960 Mike McGee Football
1963 Art Heyman Basketball
1964 Jeff Mullins Basketball
1988 Danny Ferry Basketball
1989 Danny Ferry Basketball
1990 Clarkston Hines Football
1991 Christian Laettner Basketball
1992 Christian Laettner Basketball
1999 Elton Brand Basketball
2001 Shane Battier Basketball
2006 J.J. Redick Basketball
Female Athlete of the Year
Year Athlete Sport

1998 Vanessa Webb Tennis
2003 Alana Beard Basketball
2004 Alana Beard Basketball

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All-Americans

There have been numerous All-Americans in Duke University history. As of March 2006, 307 athletes have been honored 470 times as All-Americans.[14] In men's sports, this status has been achieved 297 times by 204 athletes. In women's sports, it has occurred 172 times by 103 athletes. The breakdown for men's sports is as follows (times, number of different athletes): baseball (13, 8); basketball (55, 31); cross country (3, 2); fencing (9, 5); football (60, 53); golf (12, 9); lacrosse (57, 37); soccer (42, 28); swimming and diving (3, 3); tennis (26, 15); track and field (17, 13). The breakdown for women's sports is as follows (times, number of different athletes): basketball (14, 8); cross country (8, 6); fencing (4, 2); field hockey (19, 12); golf (31, 16); lacrosse (23, 11); rowing (5, 3); soccer (10, 8); swimming and diving (1, 1); tennis (36, 22); track and field (15, 9); volleyball (7, 5). The term All-American has two uses: It can be used as a reference to an athlete selected as a member of an All_America team, as in Eddie George was named an All-American football player by both wire services in 1995. ...


Olympians

Duke Olympians [15]
Athlete Sport Location Country Medal/Note
Joel Shankle Track & Field 1956 Melbourne United States Bronze in 110 Hurdles
Dave Sime Track & Field 1960 Rome United States Silver in 100 Meters
Jeff Mullins M Basketball 1964 Tokyo United States Team Won Gold
Bob Wheeler Track & Field 1972 Munich United States Semifinals in 1500 run
Al Buehler* Track & Field 1972 Munich United States Team Manager
Tate Armstrong M Basketball 1976 Montreal United States Team Won Gold
Cameron Hall M Basketball 1976 Montreal Canada Team Placed 4th
Nancy Hogshead Swimming 1980 Moscow United States United States Boycotted Games
Nancy Hogshead Swimming 1984 Los Angeles United States 3 Gold Medals and 1 Silver Medal
Dan Meagher M Basketball 1984 Los Angeles Canada Team Placed 4th
Tom Kain Soccer 1984 Los Angeles United States Injured, Did Not Compete
Bert Govig Wrestling 1984 Los Angeles United States Injured, Did Not Compete
Al Buehler* Track and Field 1984 Los Angeles United States Team Manager
Al Buehler* Track and Field 1988 Seoul United States Team Manager
Christian Laettner M Basketball 1992 Barcelona United States Team Won Gold
Mike Krzyzewski* M Basketball 1992 Barcelona United States Assistant Coach, Team Won Gold
John Moore Rowing 1992 Barcelona United States 8th in Men's Pair
Randy Jones Bobsled 1994 Lillehammer United States 13th in 2-Man
Grant Hill M Basketball 1996 Atlanta United States Team Won Gold
Curt Clausen Track & Field 1996 Atlanta United States 50th in 20k Race Walk
Leslie Marx Fencing 1996 Atlanta United States Top 16 in Epee
Horace Holden Canoe/Kayak 1996 Atlanta United States 11th in 2-Man Whitewater Slalom
Will Martin Yachting 1996 Atlanta United States 23rd in Single-Handed Dinghy
Carla Overbeck* W Soccer 1996 Atlanta United States Team Won Gold
Liz Tchou* Field Hockey 1996 Atlanta United States Team Placed 5th
Randy Jones Bobsled 1998 Nagano United States 5th in 4-Man
Crawford Palmer M Basketball 2000 Sydney France Team Won Silver
Greg Newton M Basketball 2000 Sydney Canada Team Placed 7th
Curt Clausen Track and Field 2000 Sydney United States 22nd in 50k Race Walk
Evan Whitfield M Soccer 2000 Sydney United States Team Placed 4th
Vanessa Webb W Tennis 2000 Sydney Canada Competed in Doubles
Carla Overbeck W Soccer 2000 Sydney United States Team Won Silver
Lynda Blutreich* Track & Field 2000 Sydney United States 11th in Javelin Qualifying
Randy Jones Bobsled 2002 Salt Lake City United States Silver in 4-Man
Curt Clausen Track & Field 2004 Athens United States 32nd in 50k Race Walk
Carlos Boozer M Basketball 2004 Athens United States Team Won Bronze
Jilian Schwartz Track & Field 2004 Athens United States Competed in Pole Vault
Gail Goestenkors* W Basketball 2004 Athens United States Assistant Coach, Team Won Gold
Randy Jones Bobsled 2006 Torino United States His Fourth Olympics

Note: * indicates Duke coach at time of participation in Olympics Jeffrey Vincent Mullins (born March 18, 1942) is an American basketball player and coach who is best known for his playing career with the Duke Blue Devils, the Golden State Warriors of the NBA, and later as the head basketball coach at UNC Charlotte. ... Christian Donald Laettner (born August 17, 1969 in Angola, New York) is an American former professional basketball player who played 13 seasons in the NBA on six different teams. ... Michael William Krzyzewski (; in American English transliteration shuh-shef-skee; born February 13, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois), often referred to as Coach K, is the head coach of the Duke University mens basketball team. ... Grant Henry Hill (born October 5, 1972) is an American NBA basketball player who currently plays for the Orlando Magic. ... Carla Werden Overbeck (born May 9, 1968, Pasadena, California) is an American soccer player and longtime member and captain of the United States womens national soccer team. ... Greg Newton (born September 7, 1974 in Niagara Falls, Ontario) was center for the Duke Blue Devils basketball team from 1994-1997. ... Carlos Austin Boozer, Jr. ... Gail Ann Goestenkors (born February 26, 1963 in Waterford, Michigan), is the current head coach of the Texas Longhorns Womens basketball team and is often known as Coach G. She attended Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan, where she played under future Purdue head coach Marsha Reall. ...


External links

Notes

  1. ^ King, William E. Why a Blue Devil?. The Duke Dialogue. 28 Feb 1992.
  2. ^ a b c Sports Academy Directors' Cup (2006). National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. 29 June 2006.
  3. ^ a b c Sports Academy Directors' Cup (2005). National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. 2005.
  4. ^ Duke Athletics: Rankings. GoDuke.com. URL accessed 6 Jun 2006.
  5. ^ Duke 1st in new NCAA evaluation. The Chronicle. 10 Nov 2006.
  6. ^ Faculty discuss role of Duke student athletes. The Chronicle. 10 Nov 2006.
  7. ^ King, William E. Why a Blue Devil?. The Duke Dialogue. 28 Feb 1992.
  8. ^ ACC Champions. Accessed on 29 June 2006.
  9. ^ NCAA stats from NCAA.org
  10. ^ Florida runaway preseason No. 1. Associated Press. Accessed on 6 Nov 2006.
  11. ^ Duke Knocked Out Of Top 25 For First Time Since 1995-96. All Headline News. Accessed on 4 Mar 2007.
  12. ^ SMU Receives 2006 AFCA Academic Achievement Award. American Football Coaches Association. 2006.
  13. ^ Golf-first ranking. Golf Digest. Sept 2005.
  14. ^ Duke University All American's. Goduke.com. URL accessed 30 June 2006.
  15. ^ All-Time Olympians. Goduke.com URL accessed 30 Jun 2006.


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Academics Image File history File links Download high resolution version (989x92, 8 KB) Summary A border I made myself using paintbrush. ... Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. ...

Schools and Institutes: Divinity SchoolFuqua School of BusinessGraduate SchoolNicholas School of the Environment and Earth SciencesPratt School of EngineeringSchool of LawSchool of MedicineSchool of NursingTerry Sanford Institute of Public PolicyTrinity College of Arts and Sciences
Programs: B.N. Duke Scholars programDegree ProgramsFOCUSTIPUndergraduate scholarships
The Divinity School at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina is one of thirteen seminaries founded and supported by the United Methodist Church. ... The Fuqua School of Business The Fuqua School of Business is the business school of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. ... The Graduate School of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina is currently one of ten colleges and schools that comprise the university. ... Nicholas School Shield The Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences is one of seven graduate and professional schools at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. ... Pratt Logo The Edmund T. Pratt Jr. ... The School of Law is one of 10 schools and colleges at Duke University. ... Duke University School of Medicine The Medical School of Duke University. ... The Duke University School of Nursing is located in Durham, NC and is affiliated with Duke University. ... The Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University is named after former Duke president and Governor of North Carolina Terry Sanford, who established the universitys Institute for Public Policy Studies in 1971. ... Trinity College of Arts and Sciences is the name of the undergraduate liberal arts college at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. ... The Benjamin N. Duke & Trinity Scholars Program is an undergraduate merit scholarship program at Duke University funded by the Duke Endowment and independent donors throughout the Carolinas. ... Duke University offers 36 arts and sciences majors in addition to 5 engineering majors, and 46 additional majors have been approved under Program II. Program II allows students to design their own interdisciplinary major. ... The FOCUS Program is a voluntary, interdisciplinary academic curriculum for freshmen at Duke University. ... The Talent Identification Program (TIP) is a gifted education program based at Duke University. ... There are several merit based Undergraduate scholarships at Duke University. ...

Athletics The womens golf team has won four (1999, 2002, 2005 and 2006), the mens basketball team has won three (1991, 1992, and 2001), and the mens soccer team has won one (1986). ...

ACCMen's BasketballCameron CraziesCameron Indoor StadiumCarlyle CupHistory of the Blue DevilJack Coombs FieldKoskinen StadiumKrzyzewskivilleTobacco Road • UNC-Duke rivalry • Wallace Wade Stadium
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... The Duke Blue Devils mens basketball program is widely renowned in American college sports, especially in conjunction with its heated rivalry with North Carolina. ... Cameron Crazies swarm the court after Duke defeated the UNC Tarheels in the 1999-2000 season Cameron Crazies gathering in K-ville a few hours before the 2000 UNC vs Duke basketball game The Cameron Crazies are the student supporters of Duke Universitys basketball teams, named for Dukes... Summer 06 Cameron Indoor Stadium is a basketball arena located at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. ... The Carlyle Cup is the championship trophy in the UNC-Duke rivalry. ... The womens golf team has won four (1999, 2002, 2005 and 2006), the mens basketball team has won three (1991, 1992, and 2001), and the mens soccer team has won one (1986). ... Jack Coombs Field is a baseball stadium in Durham, North Carolina. ... Koskinen Stadium is a 4,500-seat (7,000-capacity) stadium in Durham, North Carolina on the campus of Duke University. ... Cameron Crazies gathering in K-ville a few hours before the 2000 UNC vs Duke basketball game. ... Tobacco Road is a term that refers to the tobacco producing area of North Carolina, and is often used when referring to sports (particularly basketball) played between rival North Carolina universities. ... Tipoff of UNC-Duke game The UNC-Duke rivalry, sometimes referred to as The Battle of Tobacco Road or The Battle of the Blues, is a fierce rivalry, particularly in mens college basketball, between Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) athletic teams. ... Wallace Wade Stadium is a stadium on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. ...

Campus Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. ...

Construction projectsDuke ChapelDuke ForestDurhamFitzpatrick CenterHistoryImagesLemur CenterLevine Science Research CenterMarine LabMedical CenterNasher Museum of ArtSarah P. Duke Gardens Part of the Divinity School addition, Goodson Chapel The recent construction projects at Duke University represent a period of growth unheard of in Duke University history, except for when the campus was initially built in the 1920s and 1930s (see History of Duke University). ... Duke Chapel Duke Chapel, located at the heart of the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, is an ecumenical Christian chapel and the center of religion at Duke. ... Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. ... Nickname: Bull City, City of Medicine Location in North Carolina Country United States State North Carolina County Durham County  - Mayor Bill Bell Area    - City 245. ... The Fitzpatrick Center - often referred to as CIEMAS (Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences) - opened in August 2004 on the campus of Duke University. ... Duke Chapel, completed in 1935, serves as a frequent icon for the university. ... In 1966, a prosimian colony of approximately 90 individuals was relocated from the Center for Prosimian Biology at Yale University to Duke University, and thus began the Duke Lemur Center (DLC). ... The $77 million LSRC The Levine Science Research Center (LSRC) is a 341,000-square-foot facility on Duke Universitys west campus. ... Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion because: it contains no encyclopedic content If you disagree with its speedy deletion, please explain why on its talk page or at Wikipedia:Speedy deletions. ... The Nasher Museum of Art is the art museum of Duke University, and is located on Dukes campus in Durham, North Carolina, USA. The $23 million museum was designed by architect Rafael Viñoly, and opened on October 2, 2005. ... The Sarah P. Duke Gardens consist of approximately 55 acres of landscaped and wooded areas at Duke University. ...

Student life Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. ...

A cappellaAlumniAmerican Dance FestivalCable 13Cameron CraziesThe ChronicleDuke DiyaHoof 'n' HornKrzyzewskiville • WXDU-FM A cappella groups at Duke University include:[1] The Pitchforks -- all-male, founded in 1979; Nominated for Best Song (Write Me A Song), Best Album (Honestly), and winner of Best Arrangement (Aint No Sunshine) according to The Contemporary A Cappella Society [2] Speak of the Devil -- all-male Out... This List of Duke University people includes alumni, faculty, presidents, and major philanthropists of Duke University, which includes two undergraduate and nine graduate schools. ... The American Dance Festival is a six-week summer season of modern dance performances, and a school for dance currently held at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. ... // About Duke Union Community Television (Cable 13) is the student-run television station at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. ... Cameron Crazies swarm the court after Duke defeated the UNC Tarheels in the 1999-2000 season Cameron Crazies gathering in K-ville a few hours before the 2000 UNC vs Duke basketball game The Cameron Crazies are the student supporters of Duke Universitys basketball teams, named for Dukes... The header of The Chronicles online edition The Chronicle is the student newspaper at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. ... Duke Diya logo Duke Diya is the South Asian student association at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, in the United States. ... // Hoof n Horn is a student-run musical theater production group at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. ... Cameron Crazies gathering in K-ville a few hours before the 2000 UNC vs Duke basketball game. ... WXDU-FM is a Duke University owned, student and community volunteer operated, non-commercial FM radio station broadcasting at 88. ...



 
 

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