Antonio Lang said he had a chance to become an assistant coach for his mentor Mike Krzyzewski at his alma mater Duke University, but chose instead to stay in Japan to be an assistant for the Mitsubishi Diamond Dolphins.
It probably sounds crazy. Lang agreed with a big laugh.
"When Johnny Dawkins left (from an assistant coach's job at Duke), he went to Stanford, I actually had an interview for an assistant coach job vacancy," said Lang, who now serves as the head coach of Mitsubishi in the Japan Basketball League, after his team's 73-68 loss to the Toshiba Brave Thunders in their season-opening game at Kawasaki's Todoroki Arena last Friday.