Michael White. White spent the past four years as the head coach La. Tech, winning at least 27 games the past three seasons (18 his first year). He never made the NCAA tournament.
Before La. Tech, he coached seven years at Ole Miss, four years at Jackson St., and started at PG for four years at Ole Miss (three tournaments appearances). It's not the huge name many expected, but he's a young(ish) up-and-coming coach with a lot of potential.
His father, Kevin White of Amityville, NY, is the Athletic Director at Duke. One would think that an impressive tenure at Florida would put White in the running to replace K when that day comes.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--louisiana-tech-basketball-coach-michael-white-142904397.html
Don't make the mistake of assuming the AD has more power - or anywhere remotely close to the power - than the head basketball coach at Duke.
If Duke considers outsiders and White does well sure they'll "consider" him but nearly every coach in the country, including some in the NBA (brad stevens) could be a candidate then as there are few jobs better or equal to Duke.
More likely one of Wojo, Capel, Amaker, Collins, Dawkins etc will succeed coach k for better or worse if any enjoys any measure of consistent success. Don't see Duke looking outside the family until they try someone inside first. And Kevin whites son is not a pseudo member of the family.
Oh, believe me, I know this will largely be decided by Coach K's recommendation. I just don't see a clear, compelling candidate (at this time) of the names you listed. I'm not sure if White would be considered an outsider since he is the son of the head of athletics at Duke. I guess that depends on how well liked his dad is and how visible and connected to the university Michael White is. His dad would probably remove himself from the decision if his son was a finalist anyway.
The state of Florida, this year and in the near future, has more talent than any other state in the country. It's crazy. They've got national championship and certainly Final Four potential at UF going forward if they can keep some talent home. If so, none of the names on your list could compete with that resume and that type of program. One name not on your list might be able to: Bobby Hurley. He's the chosen son.
You talk about Kevin White as if he he's been at Duke for decades and/or was an alum --- he's been at Duke for 7 years - he worked at ND longer than Duke at this point.
Not sure why you refer to Bobby Hurley, someone who has never worked under Coach K - unlike everyone I mentioned, as the "chosen son". If anyone is referred to as the "chosen son", it'd be Wojo. He is basically the closest to what Coach K was as a player and both as a player and as a coach has probably been Coach K's most loyal and close disciple.
If Bobby has more success than anyone I mentioned, of course he will be given strong consideration. But if Coach K had to be replaced right now, I'd put the list at Amaker, Dawkins, Capel, Wojo in terms of likelihood. Once Wojo has a little success - so like 3 years down the road potentially - he could surpass all of them.
I personally would want the list to look like this:
1) Brad Stevens, 2) Shaka Smart, 3) Billy Donovan (if Durant has left by then ya never know), 4) Jay Wright, 5) Archie Miller, 6) Gregg Marshall, 7) Amaker....with Wojo or Hurley moving higher up the list if they enjoy success.
Michael White could be a great option down the line too if they go outside the family, but like Wojo and Hurley needs to prove himself more first.
Obviously the first 3 on that list could very likely say NO but depends on where the Celtics are and whether Brad has an itch for college, whether Shaka has issues being at a football school, and what Billy does/likes about NBA.
