Tyler Thornton serves as Pagliuca Family Assistant Coach for Duke University's Men's Basketball program in Durham, North Carolina.
Duke men's basketball four-year letterwinner and former team captain Tyler Thornton joined the coaching staff at his alma mater as Pagliuca Family Assistant Coach in May 2025. Thornton returned to Duke after spending six seasons (2019-25) as an assistant coach and director of player development at Howard University, helping head coach and fellow Duke men's basketball alumnus Kenneth Blakeney lead the Bison to consecutive MEAC tournament championships and NCAA tournament appearances in 2023 and 2024. Prior to his time at Howard, Thornton was a graduate assistant at Marquette University under head coach and Duke basketball alum Steve Wojciechowski.
