Football
DURHAM – Duke head football coach Manny Diaz announced Tuesday that Harland Bower and Zohn Burden will remain on staff as assistant coaches. Bower will continue to guide the defensive ends, while Burden will stay with the wide receivers.
Over the last two years, Bower and Burden helped the Blue Devils to a 17-9 overall record, a 9-7 ledger in ACC play and back-to-back postseason wins at the 2022 Military and 2023 76® Birmingham Bowls.
Last season, Duke finished undefeated at home in ACC play for the first time since 1989 and set a program record with six home victories of the year. The Blue Devils also strung together four straight 20-plus point wins, including a 28-7 triumph over No. 9 Clemson. Three of the Blue Devils’ five losses were by seven points or less, and four came against nationally-ranked opponents. Additionally, Duke held nine-of-12 opponents to under 25 points, including four to less than 10 points.
Bower helped guide Duke’s 2023 defensive unit to a top-20 national ranking in red zone defense (10th, .744) and scoring defense (18th, 19.0). The Blue Devils’ scoring defense marked their best finish since 1974 when the defense surrendered just 18.91 points per game.
Throughout his tenure, Bower has aided in the development of defensive end Wesley Williams, who finished his redshirt freshman campaign in 2023 with 39 tackles and 6.5 tackles for loss to lead the unit. In addition, redshirt senior defensive end R.J. Oben tied for the team lead in sacks and finished fourth in tackles for loss with 5.0 and 6.0, respectively, on the year.
Burden has guided wide receivers Jalon Calhoun and Jordan…
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