The Miami Hurricanes have their next head coach and Jai Lucas is ready for the challenge as a first time head coach.

The University of Miami on Thursday officially named Duke associate head coach Jai Lucas its new head men’s basketball coach. Lucas, 36, is known as an elite recruiter who helped bring some of the nation’s top recruits to Duke and, before that, Kentucky.

Jai Lucas and Miami have finalized the contract that makes him the school’s new men’s basketball coach, nearly two weeks after they struck preliminary agreement on a deal, a person with knowledge of the talks said Wednesday.