Coaching is in Dru Joyce III's DNA. Duquesne's new head coach is eager to join the family business – News-Herald news-herald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news-herald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
So when Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot called Joyce in the spring of 2022 and asked his former point guard to help him turn around a program more than 40 years removed from its last NCAA Tournament appearance, Joyce understood the assignment. I could have run from the situation,” Joyce said. He was coming off the worst year of his career.
For blue-chip junior basketball recruit and generational area hoops talent, Trey McKenney, the road to Orchard Lake St. Mary's and an eventual state championship began with a chance encounter after an offseason AAU practice in Ann Arbor in 2021.