For three weeks, Harper spoke with Keith Dambrot about becoming Duquesne’s next coach. Dambrot was interested in Harper’s pitch because his father, Sid, was a star at Duquesne in the 1950s.

Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot retired on Monday, joining the ranks of coaches who will not return regardless of how the tournament goes. He will coach Thursday’s tournament game against BYU.

This is the program of Chuck Cooper, the first Black player drafted by the NBA. It is the program of Sihugo Green, a consensus All-American at a time when that meant sharing a five with Bill Russell.

Photo via “More Than a Game” movie. Dru Joyce III and Keith Dambrot at Saint Vincent Saint Mary Fast forward 23 years, and Joyce is less than one week away from his collegiate head coaching ...

Now, Keith Dambrot is stuck coaching them again. “If we keep winning games, they’re going to make me an old man,” said the 65-year-old Dambrot, who announced earlier in the week his plans to ...

Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot put another notch on his lengthy résumé with Thursday’s win over BYU in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament, guiding the Dukes to their first March Madness ...

A few years later, Keith Dambrot added Joyce to Duquesne men's basketball coaching staff, giving him another gym to begin a season. But even this year represents a different opening day for Joyce ...