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Our very first football coach in was none other than the institution's president, John Franklin Crowell. And with that in mind, Mike I promise not to be as involved as President Crowell. A century ago, in , football was returning to our campus after a year hiatus, so today we are entering the second century of Duke football and Mike Elko is exactly the coach to lead us to an extraordinary future.

Mike is no stranger to ACC football. Mike will bring with him an extraordinary knowledge of the game. He was a league-leading quarterback in high school, but he was moved to defense in college where his coach said you could tell from day one that he had an unusually deep understanding, not only of his own safety position, but of what everybody else on the field did.

He brings with him a record of coaching success, producing some of the nation's top-ranked defenses on a number of campuses. He brings with him a keen understanding of how athletics can support the identity and campus life of a complex research institution. And perhaps more importantly he brings with him an unwavering commitment to the academic and the personal success of his student-athletes.

Mike as you will soon learn, Duke is Bull City proud. And today we're so very proud to welcome you and Michelle, Michael, Andrew and Kaitlyn to the Duke and Durham families.

What an exciting day. I'll be brief because I know it's not me that you necessarily want to hear from, but I do want to share a few of my thoughts from my perspective on the man that is our next head football coach. When we embarked on this national search 15 days ago, we set out to find a leader that embodied the values of Duke University. Someone that was committed to excellence in athletics as a part of a larger commitment to excellence in education.

From my first of many conversations with Mike over the past few weeks, it was not hard to see his commitment and passion for the entire student-athlete experience, his desire for competitive success on the football field, but more importantly in the classroom and in life.

Mike shared with me his deeply personal story that has made him into the man he is today — a family man that values education, and he is an incredibly authentic and grounded leader. He has a remarkable football mind, and he's shared his talents with some incredibly successful football programs throughout his career. I talked to a lot of people around the country about Mike and to a tee, everyone enthusiastically talked about his intelligence and football acumen as well as his ability to relate to student-athletes and prospects.

When we asked our current student-athletes what they wanted to see in their next head coach, they told us that they wanted an innovative coach with energy and enthusiasm who was a proven winner and knew how to develop players.

Well, I can say, gentlemen, without a doubt, Mike Elko is every single one of those things and more. We got our guy, and I could not be more thrilled.

Before I turn it over to Coach Elko, there are a few people that I'd like to thank — first and foremost, thank you President Price for your trust in me and your unwavering support through this process. You've been an unbelievable partner throughout my short tenure as Vice President and Director of Athletics, and I am once again deeply grateful for our partnership as we continue to move Duke Athletics forward. To the Board of Trustees under the leadership of Laurene Sperling, as well as our university administration, thank you for your passionate support, understanding and assistance as we undertook this endeavor to bring our next football coach to Duke.

Thank you for being a great colleague and friend every day, but most importantly throughout this process. I'd also like to thank Coach Trooper Taylor for serving as our interim head coach during a time filled with anxiety and unease for our student-athletes, staff and recruits. Trooper did a fantastic job keeping everyone together, patient and focused until we arrived at an announcement. I'm most appreciative for his steadfast and positive demeanor throughout the past two weeks. Most importantly, a massive thank you to all of the football student-athletes who played a critically important role during this process.

Your voice matters, and we are deeply appreciative for your input and your feedback. You are Duke football and this hire is for you. I'm excited for all of you as we enter into this next chapter with Coach Elko. There are so many others within the university and within athletics who played such a large part in this hire, this announcement, this event today — thank you all.

It most certainly takes a village. So, with that, that is enough for me. I'd like to turn it to the man of the hour. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the next head coach of Duke football, coach Mike Elko. I'm truly blessed to be the next football coach at Duke University. There're so many people to thank that have been part of this process throughout the way.

I'm going to start by saying thank you to President Price. Thank you for believing in me to be the next leader of this football program. It was your vision of how academics and athletics could blend together on this campus that really sold me that this was the right place and the right time for Duke football.

Thank you, Nina. Your professionalism in this process has been unbelievable. I really look forward to rolling up my sleeves and partnering with you and elevating this program to the levels we want it to get to. To Art Chase — thank you for the last 48 hours and navigating this whirlwind. I don't know if I actually get to Durham without your help and so I appreciate everything you've done. This is a coach's dream to stand in front of this podium as the head football coach.

When you start this profession, this is everything that you've ever hoped for. There are so many people along the way that helped me get here, so I'm going to take a minute and thank some of the ones who have been important in my journey. It starts with my wife Michelle — you are my rock. The support you've had for me and our family throughout this whole thing, I can't do any of this without you.

I think you go back to the first time you pick up a ball, to the first time I was recruited to play here, to all the moments with those guys back there [former teammates] — the ups and the downs, the blood, sweat and tears, and then it comes to that moment.

I'll never forget that in my life. Coach has K Academy now, and my dad was able to go three times. Every year my dad wanted to be coached by Coach K. That is what he wanted to do.

Before the draft, he'd always go up to coach and say, 'Coach, I'm in really good shape, I'm feeling good this year. You were taken right before me. I think when my Dad was upset he didn't get drafted by coach, I was able to snap that with him.

I remember when I was about 10 years old, I would have these notebooks and I would draw fake rosters, schedules and statistics of college teams, of every team. I always had a love for college basketball, as well as professionally, but always college. My aspiration was to have a long NBA career and then get into college coaching. Sometimes, life works out differently than you think. I mentioned that moment before where I think it definitely sped up the process of this happening.

In retrospect, I learned very quickly that was the best thing that could've ever happened to me. To be in this position now is beyond a blessing. Coaching is an incredible passion of mine — it's always been. Getting to experience someone else's success other than your own — when you're a player, you're solely focused on yourself.

I was proud of the professional career I had for three years. I played in a bunch of different places, but to be in the moment and all of a sudden, at Boston College, Joey Baker has three back-to-back shots, or we're playing at North Carolina and Wendell Moore Jr.

To be a part of them with that moment is incredibly rewarding and exciting. Nolan [Smith], Chris [Carrawell] and myself, we're going to be out on the road a lot. Duke is an incredible place with a lot to offer. It's the best of both worlds. You can't get a world-class institution with a basketball program like this anywhere.

It's the best. The thing is with Coach — Coach is still here. Coach isn't going anywhere. We're looking forward to — one, we haven't been out. We haven't been able to see anybody in person, so we're looking forward to doing that.

But two, we're going to navigate it as it comes. I think we can really take advantage of it. There's obviously some great kids out there who are really interested, and it's our job to find the right ones and get them here and meet in person. That's always been really important to us, is developing the relationship. That can't get lost. It still is about relationships, developing trust and the belief not only that we have in players, but that they have in us.

I can point to many different times. I'll just take one example — the season when we're playing North Carolina at home, and we're down by seven with a minute-and-a-half to go. He pulled in all of our players and he said, 'We're going to win this game. He doesn't say that every time we're down seven, but something told him in that moment that we're going to win this game if we do X, Y and Z.

He laid it out, players believed and we ended up tying the game. Tyus Jones had seven points right at the end of regulation and we won in overtime. That's an example of just the feel. I'll give you one X's and O's, which is probably one of the more hectic situations we've been a part of since I've been here. It was when Cam Reddish hit a game-winning three down at Florida State, which I'm sure some of you remember that game. It was a crazy sequence where we called timeout, Coach drew up about three different plays because there was stoppage to check the clock, Leonard Hamilton called a timeout, there might've been one more and on the third and final play, he said, 'Here's what's going to happen.

Obviously, you have to make the shot still, but those are the special moments that have been fun to watch. We've had many conversations — the fact of the timing of this, with [her being announced as Director of Athletics] a little over two weeks ago, and now the timing of me being hired — to grow together.

Coach, from day one — literally the first year I came back — said the two most important relationships are with your athletic director and with your president.

I've seen the way coach interacts, and that relationship with Nina, the relationship with President Price, is incredibly important to me. I plan on doing everything I can to make sure I follow their lead, I follow their direction and our program is going to represent what they want it to be. As far as Nolan goes — I'm going to throw Chris Carrawell in there as well — although Nolan and I had the amazing experience of playing together for three years. We have been through a lot together. I think you all know what an amazing personality he has, and to go through this with both Chris and Nolan gives me a great deal of confidence.

We are on the same wavelength. We've had conversations — one, how we can be as supportive as possible this year, how we can focus on the task at hand, but two, build for the future and play off one another, just like we did on the court. We're going to continue to do that.

It's going to be something where we have to figure it out as we go along, because this is unprecedented. This hasn't happened before, but there are not two other guys I'd rather do it with than Chris and Nolan. I also want to say the staff that we have, our entire staff, is incredible. The infrastructure that we have in place — we are in an amazing position to move forward. I can't wait to work with each and every one of you as we move forward. I've tried to in these last 48 hours take it all in and be in the moment.

I plan on doing that every step of the way this year. As far as my legacy goes, I haven't gotten that far. I would like to think that everyone who knows me well knows I show up every day. You can depend on me every single day. I think as far as my basketball knowledge and my coaching instincts, I think it will take time for everyone to get a great understanding of that. I show up every day and I'm going to take that as it comes. I've been told many times in the last 48 hours by the way that you're not supposed to be the guy that follows the guy.

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