Duke Grads Dig Deep: Two former Duke Blue Devils have donated $2 million to the school’s athletics programs. 1991 and 1992 NCAA championship teammates Christian Laettner and Brian Davis, will pay $1.25 million to help fund a Blue Devil basketball practice facility, and $750,000 to endow a basketball scholarship. Laettner and Davis, who were co-captains of the 1992 squad, are partners in Blue Devil Ventures, which is developing a mixed-use project in downtown Durham. Laettner has played in the NBA for 14 seasons, and is now a member of the Miami Heat. [7/30/05]
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The Seven C’s of Leadership
Former college basketball coach Mike Jarvis is back with a new book, The Seven C's of Leadership.
"Every one of us has leadership within us and this book offers fascinating principals that work in any setting—from the locker room to the executive board room. In The Seven C's of Leadership, Coach Jarvis lays out the essential ingredients of leadership."
-Jay Wright, NCAA Championship Men’s Basketball Coach, Villanova University
"At a time in America when we are witnessing an epidemic of opioid addictions and deaths, along with suicides, we need Coach Jarvis' Seven C's of Leadership – grounded in the power of Christ alone where we should all make our stand.”
-Lietenant Colonel Allen B. West (U.S. Army, Retired), Bronze Star recipient, and Member 112th U.S. Congress
"The Seven C's of Leadership is a slam dunk! Coach Jarvis has always been an outstanding leader because he has the ability to decipher what true leadership really means.”
-Dale Brown, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, LSU, 1972-1997, Member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame, and Shaquille O’Neal’s college coach