As he works his way back to game action for the Celtics, Jayson Tatum will be lending a hand at his alma mater.

Duke University on Tuesday announced it had hired the Boston star and Blue Devils alum as its first chief basketball officer .

The program described the role as a “special advisor” to head coach Jon Scheyer, adding that Tatum “will leverage his career success to provide perspective and guidance on basketball development, leadership and life as a successful athlete, leaning on the lessons he first learned at Duke.”

Tatum, who returned to Duke for a preseason event last week, said he was “honored” to accept the position.

“I have a lot of pride and love about this program, what it meant for me as a kid and what it’s meant for me in my career, and just the doors and relationshi

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