David Duke

David Duke

  • Title:
    Men's Tennis
  • Year:
    2022
  • Sport:
    Men's Tennis

David Duke, who attended IJC for two years beginning in 1983, was an integral part of the college's first state tennis title since the program began in 1974. 

He competed both years in the NJCAA championships in Ocala, Fla. and continued his tennis career at Mississippi College where he played for two years. 

During his freshman year, he won the no. 2 singles title, and as a sophomore, the No. 2 singles title and with a partner, the no. 1 doubles title. 

Since 1994, he has taught at Clinton High School, where he coached the tennis team (2007-19). 

Duke and his wife, Misty, a seventh grade ELL and Reading Excel teacher at Clinton Junior High School, have one son, chandler, an accountant at Waring Oil in Vicksburg. He is the son of David and Carole Duke of West Point.