Duke assistant Evan Bradds taking Belmont head coaching job: Source

Make that three years in a row Duke coach Jon Scheyer is losing at least one assistant coach.

Blue Devils assistant coach Evan Bradds will be the next head coach at Belmont, a source familiar with the negotiations confirmed. Bradds, 31, replaces the departing Casey Alexander, who agreed earlier this month to become the next head coach at Kansas State.

That Bradds — a two-time Ohio Valley Player of the Year at Belmont — is returning to his alma mater is not surprising. When Bradds left his position with the Utah Jazz in the spring of 2025 to join Scheyer’s staff, it was always with the knowledge his stay in Durham was unlikely to be long.

Bradds is considered a rising star in the industry, especially in terms of player development, and has worked closely with likely Wooden Award winner Cameron Boozer as his position coach this season. Bradds also earned respect for his work with the Boston Celtics from 2018 to 2022.

Unlike last spring — when associate head coach Jai Lucas left before the postseason to become Miami’s head coach — Bradds is expected to remain with the Blue Devils through their NCAA Tournament run. For that, Duke fans can thank a later transfer portal window, which does not officially open until the day after the national championship game in April.

In addition to Bradds and Lucas, Scheyer lost former assistant coach Amile Jefferson to the Boston Celtics in the spring of 2024.

And there could be more turnover on his bench to come, as fellow Duke assistant coach Emanuel Dildy is in consideration for the recently opened Charlotte 49ers gig.