Duquense Head Coach Keith Dambrot Retiring After Leading Dukes To First NCAA Tournament In 47 Years

Keith Dambrot’s first NCAA match look as the top coach at Duquesne will even be his final. The 65-year-old Dambrot is retiring at any time when the Dukes’ run in March Madness ends.

Dambrot made the announcement on Monday, a day after a 57-51 victory over VCU within the Atlantic 10 match last clinched the small Catholic faculty in downtown Pittsburgh its first NCAA match berth since 1977.

(*47*)“This is it for me,” Dambrot stated at a information convention known as simply hours after the crew returned from its profitable keep in Brooklyn.

Dambrot is 103-92 at Duquesne and 516-301 total within the collegiate ranks heading into the Eleventh-seeded Dukes’ (24-11) matchup with sixth-seeded BYU (23-10) on Thursday within the opening spherical of the NCAA match.

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