Faculty basketball analyst and former Duke Blue Devils assistant coach Chris Spatola handed away Tuesday unexpectedly on the age of 47.
Spatola had a exceptional profession by all accounts, main the Patriot League in scoring for 2 of his 4 seasons with the Military. Over 4 seasons as a participant, Spatola averaged 13.9 factors, 2.6 assists, 2.1 rebounds and 0.6 steals whereas capturing 37.4% from past the arc.
After spending 5 years as an Military officer, incomes the Joint Service Commendation Medal, Spatola turned to teaching and was employed by Mike Krzyzewski. Identical to Spatola, Coach Okay additionally had performed guard at Military.
Serving as an assistant coach underneath Coach Okay from 2007 to 2012, Spatola was a part of 4 ACC title groups and the 2010 NCAA championship squad. He later frolicked teaching with Crew USA basketball, successful gold on the 2008 Olympics. Regardless of leaving Duke, Spatola and Coach Okay actually turned household, as he married Coach Okay's daughter Jamie, and the couple had three kids collectively. Following his teaching profession, Spatola started at ESPN as a basketball analyst in 2015.
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