Johnny Dawkins

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Johnny Dawkins (born September 28, 1963 in Washington, D.C.) is a former star college basketball player at Duke University and point guard for the Philadelphia 76ers and is currently the associate head coach at Duke.

He played basketball at Mackin High in Washington, D.C. before enrolling at Duke University. At Duke, he became the team's all-time leading scorer with 2,556 points. This record stood until February 19, 2006 when J.J. Redick surpassed it. In Dawkins' senior year at Duke, the 1985-1986 season, the Duke Blue Devils attained a win-loss record of 37-3, which is an NCAA record for both games played and games won in a single season.^{[citation needed]} That year they reached the NCAA Tournament finals, where they lost to Louisville. Dawkins averaged 20.2 points per game and was given the Naismith Award as the nation's top Collegiate Basketball Player. He also served as alternate on the 1984 USA Olympic Basketball team. He graduated with a degree in political science.

His jersey number 24 was retired. Dawkins was also given a number of honors, including being named one of the 50 greatest players in Atlantic Coast Conference history and being named the 78th greatest player in college basketball history by The Sporting News's Legends of College Basketball book in 2002.

In the 1986 NBA Draft, Dawkins was selected by the San Antonio Spurs as the 10th pick overall. He played in the NBA for nine seasons, also playing for the Philadelphia 76ers and the Detroit Pistons.

Following his NBA career, he went back to Duke University in 1996, where he worked as an administrative intern in the athletic department and was on the air as an analyst for Duke's home basketball games. He joined the Duke coaching staff in 1998, working alongside head coach Mike Krzyzewski. In fact, he is often mentioned as Coack K's successor when he retires. He was promoted to associate head coach in charge of player development in 1999.

Preceded by Patrick Ewing

Naismith College Player of the Year (men) 1986

Succeeded by David Robinson