USA Basketball Names Gold Medal U17 Coaches As 2012 Co-Developmental Coaches Of The Year
Championships for men and women, USA Basketball named Jill Rankin Schneider (Monterey H.S., Texas), head coach of the USA U17 women, and Don Showalter (Iowa City H.S., Iowa), head mentor of the USA U17 men, co-recipients of the 2012 USA Basketball Developmental Coach of the Year award. This is a second-straight award for
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Scheinder, who also shared the recogni- tion with Showalter in 2011, and is an unprecedented fourth-consecutive honor for Showalter, who has led USA men’s developmental teams to four straight gold medals and a 26-0 record since 2009. The 2012 USA U17 women beat
opponents by an average of 35.0 points per game on its way to a perfect 8-0 record and gold medal at the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship held Aug. 17- 26 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. “Once again, I am very flattered
and humbled by the award because I know and appreciate how very talented my players and staff were and how hard they, as well as the entire USA Basketball staff, worked to make our success a reality,” Schneider said. “The fact that we were playing for a World Championship and we were able to go undefeated in winning the gold medal was an amazing experience in itself. The chemistry that we had made an already incredible experi- ence all the better. I'm thankful to have had the opportunity to be a part of it all.” The USA U17 men’s team won
its games by 39.9 points per game on its way to an unblemished 8-0 record and gold medal at the FIBA U17 World Championship for Men held June 29-July 8 in Kaunas, Lithuania. “This is very humbling when
you look at the coaches that have won this award in the past,” Showalter said. “This award is all about the players I have had an
8 USA Basketball Developmental Coach Of The Year Award Recipients
Year Coach 2012 Jill Rankin Schneider, Monterey H.S. (TX) Don Showalter, Iowa City H.S. (IA)
2011 Jill Rankin Schneider, Monterey H.S. (TX) Don Showalter, Mid-Prairie H.S. (IA)
2010 Barbara Nelson, Wingate University Don Showalter, Mid-Prairie H.S. (Iowa)
2009 Don Showalter, Mid-Prairie H.S. (Iowa) 2008 Carol Owens, Northern Illinois University 2007 Doug Bruno, DePaul University Joanne P. McCallie, Duke University
2006 Doug Bruno, DePaul University Lorenzo Romar, University of Washington
2005 Kathy Delany-Smith, Harvard University Jay Wright, Villanova University
2004 Kelvin Sampson, University of Oklahoma 2003 Jim Foster, The Ohio State University 2002 Marsha Sharp, Texas Tech University 2001 Debbie Ryan, University of Virginia 2000 Geno Auriemma, University of Connecticut 1999 Oliver Purnell, University of Dayton 1998 Jim Boeheim, Syracuse University 1997
Rene Portland, Penn State University 1996 Mike Montgomery, Stanford University
opportunity to coach and a great coaching staff. We all worked together to
ollowing perfect records and gold medals at the 2012 FIBA U17 World
Left: After leading the USA to gold at the 2011 FIBA Americas U16 Championship, Jill Rankin Schneider directed her USA team to a gold medal finish at the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship.
win the World Championship and bring home the gold medal.
“This award was extremely special
as our team had to overcome some injuries to key players, foul trouble in the medal games and some difficult travel experiences,” Showalter continued. “But those things also brought the team together and allowed us to trust each other both on and off the court. This team was just a fun group to be with for the several weeks we were together.”
USA Basketball’s Development
Coach of the Year award was established in 1996 to recognize a USA Basketball head coach who, during the year of the award, made significant impact on the success of individual athlete and team performance at the developmental level. The USA Basketball Board of Directors is responsible for selecting USA Basketball’s annual coach, player and team of the year awards.
“Jill and Don not only helped
USA Basketball earn two gold medals, they also built teams that played with passion and teamwork, and I know USA teams will be stronger in the future because of the pipeline they helped develop” said Jim Tooley, USA Basketball Executive Director/CEO. “I can’t say enough about their commitment and dedication, and we are grateful for their service.”
Jill Rankin Schneider Under Schneider’s guidance, the
USA successfully defended its FIBA U17 World Championship gold medal and posted an 8-0 record.
“Coach Schneider was really one-
on-one, and she established a good relationship with each player off the court,” said Diamond DeShields
(Norcross H.S./Norcross, Ga.), who
was named MVP of the tournament. “She was able to communicate with us, and she
USA Basketball News
Jenny Maag / USA Basketball
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