Nina King reacts to the applause from the audience during a press conference where King was introduced as Duke’s new athletic director at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C., Friday, May 21, 2021.
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Duke athletic director Nina King joins the N&O’s Steve Wiseman to talk about the changing state of college athletics and where the ACC and Duke stand. In her first year on the job, and the first year where college athletes have been able to profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL), King’s hired the Duke basketball program’s first general manager, parted ways with longtime football coach David Cutcliffe, hired Mike Elko and invested more in the school’s football program.
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Steve Wiseman has covered Duke athletics since 2010 for the Durham Herald-Sun and Raleigh News & Observer. He placed second in both beat writing and breaking news in the 2019 Associated Press Sports Editors national contest. Previously, Steve worked for The State (Columbia, SC), Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, S.C.), The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss.), Charlotte Observer and Hickory (NC) Daily Record covering beats including the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints, University of South Carolina athletics and the S.C. General Assembly. He’s won numerous state-level press association awards. Steve graduated from Illinois State University in 1989.
