Transition
Coach K’s back surgery. The 4-15 season. The players who stayed when Duke was mortal.
Baker Perry
Waynesville, NC kid (born in Bolivia, where his parents founded a rural health project) who walked on at Duke basketball for four years (1992-96) with 5 senior-year games and 6 career points — and became one of the great 'Where Are They Now?' stories in Duke history: National Geographic Explorer who co-led the 2019 expedition that installed the world's highest weather station near Mount Everest's summit (Guinness World Record), the 2021 expedition that installed the Western Hemisphere's highest weather station on Tupungato, the 2022 return expedition that installed an even higher Everest station at Bishop Rock just below the summit, and as of July 2024 is the Nevada State Climatologist and Professor of Climatology at the University of Nevada Reno after 26 years at Appalachian State.
Jeff Capel
Held the line when Duke was mortal.
Greg Newton
The Canadian who talked trash to Tim Duncan. Suspended, grieving, redeemed, benched in his final game. Eleven countries. The Brotherhood includes him, too.
Carmen Wallace
Delaware’s Player of the Year. 2,004 career points. Survived the 4–15 disaster. Captain of the 1997 ACC championship team. Then built one of the most powerful sports agencies in the world.
Jay Heaps
Longmeadow, MA soccer prodigy who arrived at Duke on a soccer scholarship in 1995 and was Soccer America's National Freshman of the Year that fall, then walked on to Coach K's basketball team in the winter and stayed for four years. Won the 1998 Hermann Trophy as the nation's top college soccer player. Drafted 2nd overall in the 1999 MLS Draft. 1999 MLS Rookie of the Year. 2000 MLS All-Star. 11-year MLS playing career (Miami Fusion 1999-2001, New England Revolution 2001-2009) with 304 regular-season matches. 4 USMNT caps at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Head coach of the New England Revolution 2011-2017 (75-81-43, 2014 MLS Cup runner-up). Founded Birmingham Legion FC as President & GM in 2018; named CEO 2024; named head coach January 12, 2026 (while remaining CEO). 2013 Duke Athletics Hall of Fame.
Trajan Langdon
The Alaskan Assassin.
Roshown McLeod
Coach K’s first transfer. Jersey City to St. John’s to Duke. First Team All-ACC. First-round pick. Then the year everything fell apart — and the long road back.
Ricky Price
His jumper saved the 1996 season.
Todd Singleton
He saw an ad in the paper. He gave it a shot.
Steve Wojciechowski
Heart and hustle in human form.
Justin Caldbeck
Shelburne, Vermont kid who walked on at Duke (1995-99) then became one of the most prominent young consumer-tech venture capitalists of his generation at Bain Capital Ventures, Lightspeed, and as co-founder of Binary Capital — before resigning in June 2017 after The Information reported sexual harassment allegations from six women in tech.
Taymon Domzalski
The only Coach K scholarship player to become a physician.
Jeremy Hall
The freshman fan favorite Cameron loved before they knew his first name.
Chris Carrawell
From freshman unknown to ACC POY.
Mike Chappell
Duke never really left him.
Nate James
A Marine’s son. McDonald’s All-American. Five consecutive ACC titles — a record no one else holds. Senior captain of the 2001 champions. Three title rings. Twelve countries. Then the Brotherhood brought him home.
Chris Burgess
The #1 recruit who said no to BYU, then yes — twice.