[5] Duckett served one season stints as an assistant coach for the Jacksonville Dolphins, UCF Knights and South Carolina Gamecocks from 1983 to 1986.
Duckett won the CIAA Tournament Coaches Award in 1999 and 2000 as he led his teams to a championship both years.
[7] Duckett left the Rams in 2001 to return as an assistant coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks, where he served for seven seasons and was known as the team's defensive coordinator.
[9] Duckett and two of his assistant coaches, Steve Portland and Phillip Stitt, were fired by Grambling State on September 25, 2009, in the wake of the death of Tigers player Henry White, who died on August 26, 2009, as a result of a preseason training exercise; Duckett was not present at the training as he was undergoing surgery.
[9] He did not serve as a coach for two seasons and instead worked as a basketball color analyst for the UNC Greensboro Spartans on 101.1 WZTK-FM.
[2] Duckett's younger brother, Kenny, was a wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints and Dallas Cowboys.