Originally Posted by
JasonEvans
Quin has 3 children from his second marriage, twins Anika and Wyatt (born in 2012) and Madeleine (born in 2014). So, that is 3 kids under 10 years old. I am guessing that if the Duke job came open and he was offered it, one consideration would be the fact that he would travel a lot lot lot lot lot less as a college coach than he does as a NBA coach.
Quin's wife, graduated from the University of Florida and then got a Special Education masters at the University of Washington. She later got a Ph.D. in Learning Disabilities and Behavior Disorders from the University of Texas. It is quite possible that Duke could offer her something in the way of a professorship or some other kind of position that would make moving to Durham quite attractive for the couple.
The notion that Quin would not be at all interested in the Duke job merely because he is successful in the NBA does not hold water to me. The Duke job is one of the very rare college positions that even successful NBA coaches would strongly consider and I suspect that if Duke really wanted Quin, there are many ways they could make the move seem quite attractive.
-Jason "I suspect UNC, Kentucky, and maybe Kansas are the only other jobs that could hope to lure a NBA coach to 'step down' to college" Evans