Duke social media backs 'snubbed' Jon Scheyer after missing out on ACC Coach of the Year

First-year Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey was awarded the 2024-25 ACC Coach of the Year honor on Monady after leading the Cardinals to a 25-6 overall record, and an 18-2 finish in conference play. However, not everyone was so fast to crown the UL headman as the top coach in the conference during the regular season.

In fact, the Duke men’s basketball social media page provided eight reasons why it should have been Blue Devils head coach Jon Scheyer. Their reasoning goes beyond Duke’s 19-1 record agianst ACC competition, and its likely No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Haven't seen a coach snubbed for ACC COTY like this since Coach K didn't win it once over his final 22 seasons, which included 3 national titles, 10 ACC Tourney titles, 5 ACC RS titles and 11 30-win seasons.

S/O @JonScheyer ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/7BY4lJcsuq

— Duke Men’s Basketball (@DukeMBB) March 10, 2025

“Haven’t seen a coach snubbed for ACC COTY like this since Coach K didn’t win it once over his final 22 seasons, which included 3 national titles, 10 ACC Tourney titles, 5 ACC RS titles and 11 30-win seasons,” the tweet read. The admin pointed out the following:

Duke had 10 wins in the ACC by 25 or more points. On four occasions, Duke recorded its largest road win inside ACC road venues. They boasted a 19-1 record in ACC play, which ranks as the most regular season wins in a single season since league play moved to 20 games during the 2019-2020 season.

They continued, pointing out they had a +434 point differential against the ACC — the best by a power conference team in 70 years. Duke had a 22.1-point scoring margin, which is the Blue Devils’ second-best ever since the 1998-99 squad. And they are the first team in the ACC to lead the league in scoring offense (83.5) and scoring defense (61.4).

This season saw Duke have more 30-point wins (5) than games they won by single digits (3). They also led the conference in scoring margin field goal percentage, 3-point percentage, field goal defense, rebounding on both sides of the glass, assists, and assist-to-turnover ratio. This helped earn them the best adj. offensive rating (129.1) by an ACC team in 30 years.

While Duke had one of its best regular season runs across ACC play under Jon Scheyer, the voters still labeled Kelsey as the conference coach of the year. The decision came after Kelsey took over a program that had suffered two of its worst seasons in recent memory having won just 12 games across both campaigns. Kelsey would go on to lead Louisville to 18 wins in the ACC alone, cementing his status as conference coach of the year.