Marquette hired Duke associate head coach Steve Wojciechowski as its next men’s basketball coach, ESPN’s Jeff Goodman reported Tuesday morning. He will replace Buzz Williams, who left for Virginia Tech last Friday.

Wojciechowski, who coached at Duke under legendary head coach Mike Krzyzewski for 15 years, emerged as a candidate for the opening on Sunday. According to the Durham Herald-Sun, Wojciechowski interviewed with Marquette on Monday.

The long-time assistant also has experience coaching in the Olympics as a coach on the 2008 gold-medal winning United States men’s team. He specializes in coaching Duke’s forwards and was known for his tenacious defense as a player. Wojciechowski told CBS Sports in December that “the time to leave Duke is approaching.”

“I love Duke,” Wojciechowski said. “I love working for Coach K. But I also want to have my own program. When the time’s right, I’ll know it. And it’ll be right for me.”

Wojciechowski is the third consecutive assistant coach Marquette has hired, and the fourth out of the past five. Williams was promoted from within, while Tom Crean was an assistant to Tom Izzo at Michigan State and Kevin O’Neill coached under Lute Olson at Arizona.