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ACCSports Staff

DURHAM — When Duke went looking for a new football coach late last fall, the first target was Navy coach Paul Johnson.

Joe Alleva, the athletic director at the time, led a contingent of Duke officials to Annapolis to talk to the coach, who had beaten the Blue Devils four straight times. About a week after that meeting, Duke made Johnson a second offer, sweetening the pot with…


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