Keith Dambrot’s first NCAA tournament appearance as the head coach at Duquesne will also be his last. The 65-year-old Dambrot is retiring whenever the Dukes’ run in March Madness ends.
Duquesne head coach Keith Dambrot, left, watches his team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against VCU in the championship of the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament on Sunday, March 17, 2024, in New York. Duquesne head coach Keith Dambrot, center, speaks to his team during a timeout in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Dayton in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament Thursday, March 14, 2024, in New York.
“This is it for me,” Dambrot said at a news conference called just hours after the team returned from its successful stay in Brooklyn. Dambrot is 103-92 at Duquesne and 516-301 overall in the collegiate ranks heading into the 11th-seeded Dukes’ matchup with sixth-seeded BYU on Thursday in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.
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